Soup.io
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 professes to follow the KISS principle. In March 2015, Soup.io had close to million monthly users. In January 2017, Soup.io suffered data loss, and had to be restored over several weeks from a 2015 backup. After that the ownership was transferred to its webhost who will continue running it out of personal interest of the company 's CEO. On 10 July 2020, a shutdown warning was sent to all users with less than 10 days' notice, citing "high costs and low revenue streams". The shutdown date was 20 July 2020. Currently. Currently, the soup.io domain has been acquired by Netly PTY LTD, an Australian media company. It currently serves as a blogging platform for technology, business, lifestyle, etc. Awards. Soup.io received an investment during Seedcamp 2008, has been classified by the Guardian as one of the essential 100 websites of 2009, and was named "Innovative IT-Challenger" by APA – IT in September 2009.