Soup.io
{{short description|Microblogging site}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Soup.io
| logo = Logo from Soup.io, May 2013.png
| company_type = Privately held company
| location = Vienna (Austria)
| founder = Christopher Clay, Lukas Fittl, Andreas Fuchs
| industry = Microblog service
| launch_date = April 2007
| current_status = Defunct as of 2020
}}
Soup.io was an Austrian social networking and microblogging site.
History
Soup.io allowed the user to publish (editable in HTML) text, images, videos, links, quotes and reviews. It allowed users to share files (within the limit of 10 MB) and create events. Its interface followed the Keep it Simple, Stupid principle (KISS). By March 2015, Soup.io had accumulated a monthly user base of almost 3.8 million.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
In January 2017, Soup.io suffered data loss, and had to be restored over several weeks from a 2015 backup.{{cite web |date=2017-02-13 |title=Update after crash ;) |url=http://updates.soup.io/post/595821153/Update-after-crash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710153224/http://updates.soup.io/post/595821153/Update-after-crash |archive-date=2020-07-10}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/c3o/status/826792801778200576 |title=I've heard that @soup_io will be coming back online in the next days; but likely with some significant data loss after hardware failure #fyi |first=Christoper |last=Clay |date=2017-02-01}}
The site was discontinued on July 20, 2020 due to expenses and declining revenue.{{cite web | title=The sadest news in the soup history :( | website=kitchen.soup.io | date=2020-08-18 | url=https://kitchen.soup.io/post/696483222/The-sadest-news-in-the-soup-history | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712165208/https://kitchen.soup.io/post/696483222/The-sadest-news-in-the-soup-history | archive-date=2020-07-12 | url-status=dead | access-date=2025-05-22}} The domain was later bought by an unrelated content farm.{{cite web | last=Peters | first=Jay | title=Early Apple tech bloggers are shocked to find their name and work have been AI-zombified | website=The Verge | date=2024-07-10 | url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/10/24195858/tuaw-unofficial-apple-tech-blog-ai-web-orange-khan | access-date=2025-05-22}}
Awards
- Soup.io received an investment during Seedcamp 2008.[http://seedcamp.com/pages/2008finalists Seedcamp 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610073359/http://seedcamp.com/pages/2008finalists |date=10 June 2011 }}
- Soup.io was classified by the Guardian as one of the essential 100 websites of 2009.{{Cite web |date=2009-12-09 |title=The 100 essential websites |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/dec/09/best-websites-internet |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=The Guardian|location=London}}
- Soup.io was named "Innovative IT-Challenger" by APA – IT in September 2009.{{Cite web |title=Innovative "IT-Challenger" von APA-IT ausgezeichnet |url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20090918_OTS0178/innovative-it-challenger-von-apa-it-ausgezeichnet-anhaenge |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=OTS.at |language=de}}