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Losing Things: Goodbye Ello

Posted: October 13, 2014 in 2014, Products, Reviews
Tags: Budnitz Bicycles, Delete Account, Digital Ephermera, Ello, facebook, Grimes, Losing Things
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This week or so Consumptionblog shall endeavor to lose five things.    All these things to be lost will be digital in nature.  Can you lose digital ephemera and will anyone really notice?

First on the chopping block ‘Ello’:

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Cool kids suddenly had invites and @’s for me.   Guess what?   All those invites and @’s came through Facebook.

Once on Ello other warning signs appeared this would be the land of non-specific niche and boredom.

The founders’ idea of a legitimate consumer good was an obnoxiously named $2500 bicycle.

Too Fucking Expensive!

Too Fucking Expensive!

Less functionality than twitter didn’t help.

Tribe 2.0 with Grimes fans.

That Hat is Lost on you.

That Hat is Lost on you.

Ello – I hearby lose you.

Delete

w00t! this all 'round

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  1. Losing Things: Boing Boing | CONSUMPTION BLOG says:
    October 14, 2014 at 10:51 am

    […] Losing Things: Goodbye Ello […]

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  2. Robin Graber says:
    October 14, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    that hat would look good on me.

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