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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 05:27:16 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Andy Baio

   @andybaio This is a wonderful analysis. I see some ways to avoid this issue with future social software systems. One is technical -- storing user data on systems controlled by the user, for example. The other is social -- using organizational structures like cooperatives or non-profits to keep (or at least try to keep) organizational goals aligned with the users.

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     Andy Baio (andybaio@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 05:27:18 JST Andy Baio

     I wrote a long deep-dive into the history of Ello, from its launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death last year, noticed only by the community of artists and writers who used and loved it. https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/