I find myself subscribing to new social media sites. Ello is one such site. It’s a Twitter clone. I have 2 friends on it. I haven’t logged-in in months.

Then on the day of election a message pops up on my phone:  “Go F***ing Vote.”

 What it this?  How would I have explained this to my niece or nephew had they been sitting behind me reading my messages?

Afterwards as somewhat of a way of seeing how I could protest this without sounding like a fuddy duddy, I decided to go to Ello’s website.  And lo and behold, more vulgar messages on their front page (I pixelated the S-word).

This is like a junior high kid trying to edgy and failing miserably.  I wonder which millennial grunt at Ello thought it was a good idea to send a newsletter out to their userbase with a vulgarity in the subject line.

What’s the takeaway on this?  Ello is vulgar, plain and simple.  Ello rejoices in vulgarity to the point of promoting it.

Do I delete my account?  Possibly.  Somehow I doubt that will make a difference, after all I don’t visit the site anyway.  But I did unsubscribe to their newsletter.