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Mastodon app displayed on mobile with Twitter on screen in background

Elon Musk’s Twitter Overhaul Is Panicking Users and Good News for Alternative Platforms

Elon Musk is making major changes to Twitter. For users looking for social media alternatives, here are some options.
By Rachyl Jones
A banner with the logo of Twitter is set on the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 7, 2013 in New York. Twitter hit Wall Street with a bang on Thursday, as an investor frenzy quickly sent shares surging after the public share offering for the fast-growing social network. In the first exchanges, Twitter vaulted 80.7 percent to $47, a day after the initial public offering (IPO) at $26 per share. While some analysts cautioned about the fast-changing nature of social media, the debut led to a stampede for Twitter shares. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

This One Rule Will Maximize Your Success on Social Media

Let me make your life easier.
By Brady Dale
Paul Bunditz (Photo: Jamie Kripke/For New York Observer)

The Talented Mr. Budnitz

Mr. Budnitz’s past is littered with sold businesses, as well as artists, designers, diplomats and CEOs who will swear that the eccentric serial entrepreneur is part huckster, part market mastermind and part visionary.
By Jack Smith IV

Ello Raises $5 Million More in Funding, Redesigns Entire Site Front to Back

By Jack Smith IV
Ello's first great triumph was attracting the LGBTQ community when it fled from Facebook. Now they want to be a haven for any kind of censored speech. (Photo: Necia Navine, with obvious alteration)

Ello Kicks Off ‘NSFW Month’ Ahead of Total Redesign

By Jack Smith IV
Todd Berger and Lucian Föhr, two of the seven Ello founders. (Photo: Berger & Föhr)

Ello Is Becoming a Real Social Network, Even as Tech Media Pronounces It Dead

By Jack Smith IV

There Is a ‘Picture-Book For Grownups’ All About Ello

By Jack Smith IV

Mark Zuckerberg: Ello Will Fail, Can’t ‘Connect the World’ Without Being Free

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Zé Carlos Barretta, with obvious alterations)

Ello Now Has a Booming Finance Community

By Jack Smith IV
(Image via “Caveman Chuck” Coker, with obvious alterations)

This Is Ello’s New Charter and What It Means

By Jack Smith IV
Todd Berger

Ello Takes $5.5 Million in VC Money, Signs a Legally-Binding Charter to Never Sell Ads or Data

By Jack Smith IV
Todd Berger and Lucian Föhr, the design due who cofounded Ello with Paul Budnitz. (Photo: Berger & Föhr)

Ello Is Throwing the Web’s Hottest Party, If You Don’t Like it, ‘Get the Fuck Out’

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Yeung Ming, with obvious alterations)

Ello Finally Rolls Out Privacy Features, Races To Finish Beta and Secure the Site

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Getty)

Facebook’s ‘Apology’ To The Transgender Community Is Full of Half-Truths

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Paramount Pictures, with obvious alterations)

Why Brands Making Ello Profiles Doesn’t Ruin Everything, Destroy Ello

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Zé Carlos Barretta, with obvious alterations)

Ello Cofounder: ‘We Have NO Exit Strategy’

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Mgloriab, with obvious alterations)

Ello Has NOT Been Banning #Gamergate Posts — That Screen Grab Is a Fake

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo via Andrew Magill, with obvious alterations)

Ello Founder Says VC Funding Is No Big Secret: ‘That’s Silly’

By Jack Smith IV

Ello's Traffic Deluge Almost Caused a Total New User Freeze-Out, Crisis Averted

By Jack Smith IV

Ello Will Remain Ad-Free and Porn Friendly, Says Founder

By Jack Smith IV
After a slow release Ello is rapidly picking up steam from people sick of Facebook's invasive policing of their profiles. (Image via Paul Budnitz)

Mysterious Social Network ‘Ello’ Explodes In Popularity For People Fleeing Facebook

By Jack Smith IV
'Ello, World

Mad Genius Creates Ello, the Elegant Anti-Facebook

By Jack Smith IV
Founder Paul Budnitz with the Ello logo eerily imposed over his face. [via Ello.co]

Mysterious New Social Network Ello Promises 'You Are Not the Product'

By Jack Smith IV
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