Andy Baio

Waxy.org is the personal sandbox of Andy Baio. I made XOXO, Upcoming, Belong.io, Playfic, Kind of Bloop, helped build Kickstarter, and a bunch of other stuff too.

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The quiet death of Ello's big dreams

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Ello launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened?

Why Not to Use Quora

2018500 points186 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

Forget about Quora's security breach. Their ongoing efforts to block access to their content, including a multi-year ban on the Internet Archive, are reason enough to never use them.