Social network Ello gets boost after Facebook boots drag queens

It's the logo of a new site called Ello, and while still only in beta, it's becoming the destination of a steady migration away from Facebook. Founded by Paul Budnitz, Ello is the only social network out there with a manifesto — one that, for the

Paul Budnitz, artist and designer toy maker, has organized a supergroup of designers to build Ello, a social network with a manifesto.

Ello is social media network that is designed to operate without ads, but it's currently invite-only. One can “request and invitation” on the bottom of the page. The Daily Dot reports that a number of Facebook users are moving on to the network after

Screen Shot 2014-09-24 at 10.35.23 AM Concern over Facebook's “real name” policy continues to mount, and it seems that the issue is causing more of the omnipresent social network's sinister-skewing practices to come to 

Yesterday Stuart invited me to try out a Beta version of this new site Ello. My knowledge went no further than a pal mentioned he had applied to join. I thought that sounded rather official for a social networking site, so I decided