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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 23 Oct 2014

    Ello becomes a public benefit corporation (hmm) + raises 5.5M in venture capital (what?) Watching with interest. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ello-becomes-a-public-benefit-corporation-and-legally-vows-to-forever-remain-ad-free-founders-and-investors-sign-charter-376792333.html …

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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 23 Oct 2014
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        …via @btndsgnr & @NordicDEi

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      3. ๒คɼɼץ ρɼﻉกɗﻉɼﻭครՇ‏ @render_ghost 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral waiting for that 'aha! we never didn't said we wouldn't not sell your anonymised data to nobody' moment @NordicDEi #Yoink!

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      2. Jeff Sonstein  🍞 ➕ 🌹 🌹‏ @jeffsonstein 23 Oct 2014
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        [interesting pledges re revenues] MT @aral: Ello becomes a public benefit corporation... Watching with interest. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ello-becomes-a-public-benefit-corporation-and-legally-vows-to-forever-remain-ad-free-founders-and-investors-sign-charter-376792333.html …

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      3. Carlo Donzella‏ @nerissimo 23 Oct 2014
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        “@jeffsonstein MT @aral: #Ello becomes a public benefit corporation... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ello-becomes-a-public-benefit-corporation-and-legally-vows-to-forever-remain-ad-free-founders-and-investors-sign-charter-376792333.html …” how d'you say there? perfuming the pig?

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      4. Jeff Sonstein  🍞 ➕ 🌹 🌹‏ @jeffsonstein 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @nerissimo

        @nerissimo @aral if they can keep to the no-selling pledges, this might actually be significant

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      5. Carlo Donzella‏ @nerissimo 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @jeffsonstein

        “@jeffsonstein: @nerissimo @aral if they can keep to the no-selling pledges, this might actually be significant” too little too late

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      6. Jeff Sonstein  🍞 ➕ 🌹 🌹‏ @jeffsonstein 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @nerissimo

        @nerissimo @aral why?

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      7. Carlo Donzella‏ @nerissimo 23 Oct 2014
        Replying to @jeffsonstein

        @jeffsonstein @aral 'cause they started aggressively with a "moral" stance, they've been caught red handed, then adapted. zero credibility.

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      8. Jeff Sonstein  🍞 ➕ 🌹 🌹‏ @jeffsonstein 23 Oct 2014
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        @nerissimo @aral sorry, 'caught red handed' at what unrecoverable error?

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      9. Carlo Donzella‏ @nerissimo 23 Oct 2014
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        @jeffsonstein @aral I think this is pretty damning: https://ello.co/waxpancake/post/oy73kFfDdhOPh8Jv9z9pFA?utm_content=bufferbe8f2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …

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      1. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 23 Oct 2014
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        @aral And now I wonder how they are planning to pay 5.5 million+ back to investors without seemingly having any business model.

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      1. Matthias Weber‏ @checkdisout 23 Oct 2014
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        @aral this is really, really interesting. I am looking for alternative models to fund tech startups converse to VC and hockey-stick crap.

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      1. Sam Hutchings‏ @Smutchings 23 Oct 2014
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        @aral Ello isn’t going to be free to use for long, I don’t think.

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      2. John Carney‏ @johncarneyau 23 Oct 2014
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        @aral o_O

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      3. John Carney‏ @johncarneyau 23 Oct 2014
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        @aral I'll believe it when they open up an API.

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