Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Andy Baio

In reply to <a href="https://danthornton.net/2023/06/is-it-goodbye-to-ello-another-niche-network-gone/#comment-34923">Erik T</a>. Ello’s domain was Ello.co, not Ello.com.

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Erik T

As of today, ello.com is now "Your child's reading companion." I guess the original owners let the name go

Imposter Syndrome Can Be Really Weird

I’ve got some upcoming projects which will involve recording live streams and videos. And it’s immediately made me feel a little nervous about my presenting abilities, and the potential for it to all go wrong. Sometimes, imposter syndrome can be really weird in the way it crops up, and it’s noticeably different to nerves before […]

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Crawling out from under an email avalanche

I’ve experienced some poor health recently which prevented me from working as much as normal, and even having a few full days away from computer and mobile screens. And while I’m now recovering and slowly crawling out from under an email avalanche, it’s made me reconsider a few things. The first is that I’ve always […]

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The Glorious Return Of Peterborough STEM Festival 2024

I’ve been busy catching up on work due to health issues recently, so it’s taken me a little while to get around to sharing my thoughts on the glorious return of Peterborough STEM Festival 2024. I’ve been variously involved as a volunteer, organiser, the co-founder of the DPiP CIC that runs the event, and the […]

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Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Megan Grace Geer

I hope a platorm like it pops up. We just found out that all content posted on Instagram or feeds into the META AI database and there is no right to object. I'm looking for another space to share my work. I imagine this demand for a new platform will cause another one to pop up.

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by roberto

In reply to <a href="https://danthornton.net/2023/06/is-it-goodbye-to-ello-another-niche-network-gone/#comment-34656">DanThornton</a>. I've found another social network called cent.co to be pretty similar, but it used to be linked to crypto earnings, but now it's full of bots so it's pretty dead too

What I read, heard, watched and played: March 2024

It’s been a bit of a strange month. My home entertainment consumption has been significantly reduced due to work and family commitments. But days out did increase a little, especially as the weather has finally started to improve in the UK. Mostly we’ve been walking more around the local area, but there were two motorsport-related […]

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What I read, heard, watched and played: February 2024

A big change for me this month has been upgrading my mobile phone. For a tech nerd, I’m remarkably disinterested in most smartphone features, using mine purely for calls, texts, casual photos and videos, and a small number of core apps. And running it all on a low level Pay As You Go sim from […]

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Now Google Is Shutting Down Keen After Almost Four Years

Continuing a trend for social networks and sharing sites I’ve used and found interesting (e.g. Ello), now Google is shutting down Keen after almost four years. Unlike Ello, there’s some notifcation that it will be deleted from March 24th, 2024, and users are able to download all data to a local zip file. What you’re […]

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Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by DanThornton

In reply to <a href="https://danthornton.net/2023/06/is-it-goodbye-to-ello-another-niche-network-gone/#comment-34655">Andy Baio</a>. Hi, It's definitely a comprehensive and interesting look at Ello, and thanks for mentioning my post in it. After going through the initial social media boom, and seeing how many microblogging sites launched not long after Twitter, the story of VC funding going to whatever is 'hot' at the time, and then leading to most platforms failing due to a lack of scale/revenue to please investors is a pretty familiar one. Which is one reason why I'm so intrigued to see what happens in the future with Fediverse projects. And thanks for commenting - I've not only read some of your articles and followed XOXO from afar, but I still remember Upcoming pre-Yahoo. Funnily enough, XOXO launched around the same time I started a local Digital People in Peterborough meetup, and since then has spawned Peterborough STEM Festival.

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Andy Baio

Thanks for writing about this. I pieced together a long postmortem of what happened at Ello and how it died, which may interest others stumbling on this blog post looking for answers. https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/

What I read, heard, watched and played: January 2024

After not reading enough last year, I’ve set a target of 18 books to finish in 2024, and I’ve somehow managed to complete three of them in January. And along with tracking my progress on Goodreads, I’m also planning to write about them here, along with the music, TV, films and games I’ve been enjoying. […]

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Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Dg

https://www.tumblr.com/elloon is a nice alternative. I highly recommend it.

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Randy R Sturgis

Really miss that community of creatives and the constructive feedback. Will never post images only to an art platform and always as you suggested, to an original portfolio and then to a third party. Felt like ELLO was a great workaround to the gallery circus and was a fresh and inspiring place to participate and engage. I was posting up until last summer, until the error message appeared. Now using Bechance, but I miss ELLO.

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Rick

Actually, I realy liked that platform until they seem to have sold it to "Talenthouse"...which made it crap for a few years...and all the uploads and the 60k followers I had just vanished in their gravestones...shame!

Comment on Is it goodbye to Ello, another niche network gone? by Leah Robb

In reply to <a href="https://danthornton.net/2023/06/is-it-goodbye-to-ello-another-niche-network-gone/#comment-34614">DanThornton</a>. My Facebook account recently got disabled for no very clear reason. The only explanation being an art poster for an upcoming exhibition I am the fb administrator for. The poster had 6 portraits, one of which had some uncovered skin. Anyways, I have apparently earned myself a permanent ban for that service and am so fed up with Facebook that I thought it was time to re-visit Ello, only to find this: That is is over. It was otherwise much more attractive, but just a bit empty. :'(

Quick Changes Improving My Health And Stress Levels

Big, radical shifts can be offputting and encourage procrastination or failure, at least in my case. But I’ve had a bit of success over recent months with small, quick changes improving my health and stress levels. And they’re often cheap or free to put into practice, so I figured I’d share them in case anyone […]

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Why I’m choosing Mastodon over Bluesky, Threads and X

It’s been more than 25 years since I first started regularly using the internet, and some of my previous experiences explain why I’m choosing Mastodon over Bluesky, Threads and X. Both for work, and as an information junkie, Twitter was my main social network of choice, but it’s a less pleasant and appealing option every […]

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What happens when we can’t believe anything online?

It’s always been a good idea to think critically about the information you’re given, or why people might be acting in a certain way. That was true before the digital age, but it’s become more important when you’re interacting with an anonymous person anywhere in the world. We’ve gone from interacting with people in our […]

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