Ello - Oct 4, 2014

http://www.inc.com/jeremy-quittner/paul-butnitz-talks-about-ello-and-other-subjects.html

https://ello.co/budnitz/post/F4Nwcnkjv-lwXimAk7EYPg

Many people have been asking for a "like" or "favorite" button for Ello.

We do have something planned, but it's a bit different than how other networks do it (of course). It will be coming out very soon.

"Different" is the key. Repeating the same old function is unnecessary, in my opinion. I don't understand why people like the "like."

More from that post:

Other ad-based social networks make money if you like lots of things. Each time you do, they record what you like, and that tells them more about you. The more they know about you, the more money when they sell your data to advertisers.

Because Ello doesn't have ads, we're not motivated to do anything like that.

There's nothing wrong with a quick "like"! But on Ello, but we love the idea of moving away from "counting likes" and "collecting as many followers as possible".

Ello is about quality, not quantity.

Hashtag support for searching and organizing content is an essential function, in my opinion, but the other so-called social networking actions (the counters) are unnecessary: page views, likes, forwards, followers.

https://ello.co/budnitz/post/YFXTWhnnCkgz5X3KyQEu0g

BLOCKING makes you invisible to another Ello user.

MUTING hides a user from you — so you'll never see their posts or comments.

Mute or block other users by clicking the next to their Friend and Noise buttons (on their profile page, or in search).

More features coming soon: Notifications Center, NSFW mode for adult content, sound & video file support, mobile apps — and that super amazing top-secret emoji thingy that @mk built, and that I mentioned in our last newsletter.

PS: Shout out to @mk @gv @jejacks0n @mikepack @666 @cacheflowe @jayzes and the whole @modeset crew for long nights and little sleep. Give them some love, they're the ones keeping the servers running and building new features.

Has to be an exhilarating time for the Ello developers. Something to remember, these early days.

About native mobile apps for Ello:

I can't give an eta on apps, but not long in real time. Everything seems long in internet time.

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