“Facebook? Twitter? Nee joh, ik wacht op de volgende hype.” Ben jij ook zo’n grapjas? Dan mag je aan de bak. In mijn feedreader is de laatste dagen de nodige buzz over Ello – de Franse uitspraak van het Engelse ‘hoi’.
Ello is Facebook/Tumblr/Twitter zonder de advertenties. En: Ello is een cultuurkritiek op al die andere sociale netwerken. Want “collecting and selling your personal data, reading your posts to your friends, 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.” Sterker: Ellos is helemaal gratis! “You never have to pay anything, and you can keep using Ello forever, for free. By choosing to buy a feature now and then for a very small amount of money you support our work and help us make Ello better and better.”
Lehts gieve iet ee shothh …