Popular Anti Facebook Social Network

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Created last year as a "private" social network, Ello (www.ello.co) recently opened its doors on an invitation-only basis.
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Ello's policy states that the practice of collecting and selling personal data and mapping your social connections for profit "is both creepy and unethical."
"Under the guise of offering a 'free' service, users pay a high price in intrusive advertising and lack of privacy."
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But former Ello collaborator Aral Balkan said Ello has already been compromised by taking $435,000 in venture capital funding.
A designer and founder of ind.ie, a privacy advocacy group, Balkan said he worked briefly for Ello but left when he learned of the venture investments.
"When you take venture capital, it is not a matter of if you're going to sell your users, you already have," says a blog post from Balkan.

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'Anti-Facebook' social network gets viral surge

By Rob Lever
September 28, 2014