Is there a new social network sheriff in town? At one point, creators of the ad-free social network Ello thought it could be the next big thing. However since it launched a few weeeks ago, user numbers have seemed to collapse.
Ello launched in August by invitation-only to roughly 90 users. Creators thought in a few short months its user numbers could reach more than one million with up to 100,000 invite requests a day. However, this lofty goal was never achieved.
As mentioned before, Ello doesn’t use advertising, which has raised some eyebrows as to how it will generate money. According to a release, co-founder Paul Budnitz suggested users could “buy” extra features.
The network was aimed at a group of early Facebook users who left when the network required ‘real name’ logins.
So my Facebook friends, don’t worry about another social network competitor. As they say, another one bites the dust.