Update Say Ello to the new Facebook

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For the last 24 hours, I've been watching my Twitter feed tick by with mentions of Ello, a new social network that is some amalgam of Twitter, Facebook and Medium, the online publishing start-up, rolled into one.

The main attraction, according to the company, is that unlike Facebook or Twitter, Ello will remain ad-free, ad infinitum. And right now, the debate in Silicon Valley circles — Wired, The Wall Street Journal, Recode — is whether that claim is unrealistic.

Read more : Say Ello to the new Facebook - The Times of India
 
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Social network Ello has been dubbed the "anti-Facebook" because it carries no advertisements

Social media network Ello is currently receiving up to 31,000 requests an hour from people wishing to join its platform, its founder has told the BBC.

It was initially designed to just be used by about 90 friends of its founder Paul Budnitz.

But the bike shop owner, from the US state of Vermont, opened it to others on 7 August.

It has been dubbed the "anti-Facebook" network because of a pledge to carry no adverts or sell user data.

However some experts have cautioned that it might struggle with plans to charge micro-payments for certain "features".

The site has a minimalist design and does not appear as user-friendly, at first glance, as more established networks.

BBC News - 'Anti-Facebook' platform Ello attracts thousands
 
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