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{{short description|Online social network}}
{{distinguish| Ello (social network)}}
{{Infobox software
| name = hello
| logo = 
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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.
| programming language = 
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]] 
| language = Multilingual
| genre = [[Instant messaging]] and [[social media]]
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| website = {{URL|1=https://www.hello.com/}}
}}
{{Infobox dot-com company
| name             = Hello Network, Inc
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| dissolved        =
| location         = [[San Francisco]]
| locations        = [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| founder          = [[Orkut Büyükkökten]] & [[John Murphy (software engineer)|John Murphy]]
}}

'''Hello''', stylized as '''hello''', was a [[social networking service]] founded by [[Orkut Büyükkökten]], the creator of [[Orkut]].<ref name="venturebeat">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> The service currently supports access via a [[mobile app]] and is available for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]].<ref name="venturebeat"/> It was launched May 1, 2016, as a replacement to [[Orkut]], which was shut down on September 30, 2014.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Hello is owned by Hello Network.

As at September 2019, Hello had been downloaded approximately 1 million times, compared to Orkut's 300 million active users.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Hello.com has been shut down.<ref>{{Cite web |title=hello network |url=https://hello.com/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=hello.com}}</ref>

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