+1. It took me the longest time to figure out how to search for my friends, which is kind of the point of social networks.
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I have 25 invites Iām able to give. Each invite is 1 bitcoin if you are interested.
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Whatever happened to chatrooms? I like live conversations and the opportunity to meet and mix it up with strangers. Can anyone reading this recommend some sites with live chatting or camming?
In the spirit of promoting community, of course.
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Probably is using Diaspora* codeā¦
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Either itāll go strong for a few weeks and then everyone will desert it for the next thing, like every other nascent FB alternative, or it will take off and then it will turn to shit like everything else that takes off (there will be ads, they will spam you with sponsored posts, your parents will find you). It will disappoint you one way or another.
But we can have fun with it for now.
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Heās perfectly free to make the offer; but unless itās a joke, Iām just surprised that the negotiation would start there. Prices have fallen a bit; but 1BTC is still slightly north of $400.
An invite for some random new site, without substantial backing, that will likely either open or die within months, $400? That seems at least a factor of ten, possibly two factors of ten, too high.
Sure, Iām game. Give me 1 bitcoin and Iāll take an invite off you.
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Any more invites floating around?
Ok! Got my invites to hand out. 3 left, reply, and Iāll keep it going. (You can edit your post to remove your email after, thatās what I did with Chris.)
Bethany
eta: 3 invites used.
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One of Elloās early (free advice) advisers isnāt happy already about the direction things have taken. Aral Balkan wrote this.
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Iād like one, if youāve still got 'em. [redacted] at gmail. Thanks!
āVirtually every other social network is run by and for advertisers.ā
ā https://ello.co/wtf/post/why-no-ads
Ello disregard past efforts to offer non-commercial, user-centric social networks. They donāt even acknowledge the existence of their predecessors (not even Diaspora that hit the maintstream news). It also look like another centralized network while people have been working for years on decentralized social networks (eg. http://pump.io/). They either donāt known social networks very well and have done sloppy researches, or are lying to appears more innovative than they are. In both cases, this does not look good for their users.
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It was a joke but itās a crazy world of supply and demand - new users arenāt given invite codes right away and some people apparently have bitcoins to spend. Thought it best to keep the transaction at a 1:1 level. 
2 sold, theyāre going fast people!
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I honestly donāt see how this can survive with no ads. That āpremium featureā set they are planning on offering had better be damn compelling to get people to stay on.
Two soldā¦ Damnā¦ Iāll never understand startup valuation. Thereās a reason I keep my investments out of the sector entirely.
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Iāll take one ā THANKS!
No worries. Iām still joking.
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So the only thing I know about it is that it wonāt last. I think Iāll pass.
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Alrighty, thatās my 3.
