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The Daily Dot

#WalkAway Founder Is Latest Conservative to Spread ‘Facebook Ban’ Disinformation

"Digital fascism" is really just code for right-wing propaganda...
By Davis Richardson
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’

“We’re still at warp speed,” Mr. Budnitz said that afternoon. “It’s a little bit like the Starship Enterprise—Scotty always says he can’t do it, but then he does.”
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

When we broke the news of Ello's impending launch last March, we worried it might be destined for obscurity, like the thousand other failed, would-be Facebook competitors. But the mysterious social network and anti-Facebook hideaway has suddenly exploded in popularity as Facebook has begun driving away artists, performers and the LGBTQ community.
By Jack Smith IV

Hackers Claim They’re Holding Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns for Bitcoin Ransom [Update]

By Steve Huff
(Photo: Mamapop.com)

Study We’ve all Been Waiting For Explores the Psychology of Bronies

By Jessica Roy

The Atlantic’s Social Media Editor Busted For Spamming Reddit

By Steve Huff

The Gangs of Reddit

By Adrianne Jeffries
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