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Re:Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternativ... by drumdance on Friday December 18, 2015 @04:11PM (#10760955)
I don't recall Ello saying they wouldn't take capital. Do you have a link to where they said that?

They did say they would not monetize users via privacy invasion like Facebook.

Re:Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternativ... by minimaxir on Friday December 18, 2015 @05:02PM (#10761294)
I double checked this now and it turns out you are correct. The verbiage Ello used was "Ad Free" and they had taken Seed prior to launching.