Hello (social network)

{{short description|Online social network}}

{{distinguish| Ello (social network)}}

{{Update|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox software

| name = hello

| logo = File:Hello logo.png

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| released = {{Start date and age|2016|05|01}}

| latest release version = {{Latest stable software release/hello(social netwowork}}

| author = Hello Network, Inc.

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| operating system = Cross-platform

| language = Multilingual

| genre = Instant messaging and social media

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| website = {{URL|1=https://www.hello.com/}}

}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Hello Network, Inc

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| location = San Francisco

| locations = Mountain View, California, United States

| founder = Orkut Büyükkökten & John Murphy

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Hello, stylized as hello, was a social networking service founded by Orkut Büyükkökten, the creator of Orkut.{{cite news|title=Orkut founder launches Hello, a social network focused on your passions|first=Ken|last=Yeung|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/08/05/orkut-founder-launches-hello-a-social-network-focused-on-your-passions/|access-date=7 August 2016|work=VentureBeat|date=5 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/features/say-hello-to-orkut-buyukkokten-founder-of-indias-former-favourite-social-network-1455645|first=Gopal|last=Sathe|title=Say Hello to Orkut Buyukkokten, Founder of India's Former Favourite Social Network|work=NDTV|date=7 September 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/say-hello-to-hello-orkut-s-new-offering/story-oBInRvZdNGKo2Rb3TEtyhK.html|last=Ghoshal|first=Anirban|title=Say hello to 'hello': Orkut's new offering|date=10 August 2016|work=Hindustan Times}} The service used to support access via a mobile app and was available for Android and iOS. It was launched May 1, 2016, as a replacement to Orkut, which was shut down on September 30, 2014.{{Cite web|title=Orkut and hello|url=http://www.orkut.com/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005033609/http://www.orkut.com/index.html|archive-date=5 October 2016|access-date=28 August 2020|website=www.orkut.com}} Hello is owned by Hello Network.

As of September 2019, Hello had been downloaded approximately 1 million times, compared to Orkut's 300 million active users.{{cite news|first=Jitendra|last=Singh|title=Much-hyped social network platform by Orkut's founder fails to take off|url=https://entrackr.com/2019/09/social-network-hello-by-orkut-founder-fails-to-take-off/|access-date=28 August 2020|work=Entrackr|date=9 September 2019}} Hello.com was shut down in April 2022. According to their website, "We are pausing hello while we get ready to launch something even better".{{Cite web |title=hello network |url=https://hello.com/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=hello.com}}