Hello, Ello: Can We Trust You?
I was eager to try out Ello, a new social network that has positioned itself as an anti-corporate alternative to the status quo with the rebel cry of “You are not a product.”
I got myself an invite and started creating content like the dutiful millennial that I am, and, while Ello is a lot of fun and certainly holds promise, a dive into the company’s policies left me wondering if what it’s promised is all that different from the big guys.
My first impression of Ello was a palpable sense of opportunity. Ello is basically the Wild West of social networks right now, as people slowly join and figure out how to use it.