Ello Experiencing Pains From Recent Growth

Ello, the beta social network that declares users "not a product" has experienced explosive growth for which it wasn't quite prepared.

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Ello, the social network that tells users ‘You are not a product,’ has grown substantially, and continued growth seems promising. But as more users move to the site, they note that despite the lack of data mining, there also seems to be a lack of privacy and security features.

The burgeoning social site does have a straightforward privacy policy, but it comes with a strong caveat: “Ello is a public network.” The privacy policy continues, “You should assume that anything you post on Ello other than private messages will be accessed by others.”

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