I must say, I loled at this:
> hello is the first social network built on loves, not likes.
I know that the intention is great; it's just that I automatically pictured this as a scene in "Silicon Valley" (the TV show).
Hello from Orkut
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#72App has a built-in monetization channel through "coins" you purchase. Wonder what those are good for.
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#73Feel slightly sorry for ello
Same here. However ello stayed competetive in the niche of a social network for artist and creators, which is probably fine for the people behind it.
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#74insincere sentimentality.
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#75Wasn't Orkut dominant in Brazil? I suppose they killed it to pump Google+? Anyway it makes you wonder if Google Cloud will really survive. Can the world's #2 public tech company by market cap really afford to be a distant third (fourth?) in a market?
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#76I used orkut a lot, so I will give this a chance and see where it goes. My favorite thing about orkut was the mini-forum on the communities, something that Facebook communities lacks. I hope this one have something similar.
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#77> We even got married and had kids because of orkut. This has a totally different meaning in finnish as orkut means "orgasms" in casual speak.
Wait, so the guy's name means orgasms? Oh dear oh dear. This must cause problems for Turkish men in Finland. Kind of like the unfortunate Indian family name Dikshit.
Flikr originally had a hard core community of a certain demographic in the Netherlands.
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#78Okay, I'm going to be open minded and I want to try it.
What will you do with these private data? Is your company aiming for a privacy quagmire on par with Facebook (loaded question I know, but it also shows what my worries and reservations are).
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#79I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
They seem to be building a web version, they are hiring for this:
http://www.hello.com/en/jobs/index.html#frontend_swe
I think they just thought mobile was priority and are launching a MVP before having the web version...
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#80Wasn't Orkut dominant in Brazil? I suppose they killed it to pump Google+? Anyway it makes you wonder if Google Cloud will really survive. Can the world's #2 public tech company by market cap really afford to be a distant third (fourth?) in a market?
I believe it was very popular in a few countries. Brazil and India come to mind but I'm not sure.