Hi, all -- While we're on the topic of alternative social media sites such as Ello, I thought I'd bring a new article of mine to the list's attention. It's called "Power/freedom on the dark web: a digital ethnography of the Dark Web Social Network." It will be published in New Media and Society, and you can see an advance version here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2498629 The article explores a social network that is only accessible through Tor. Despite this, the site has grown quite a bit in the past year, with many privacy-conscious members signing up on this non-commercial, anti-surveillance social networking site. Regards, Rob Gehl -- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Affiliated Faculty, University Writing Program The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet Please read my book: Reverse Engineering Social Media http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2275_reg.html