Soup.io


Soup.io was an Austrian social networking and microblogging site.

History

Soup.io allowed the user to publish text, images, videos, links, quotes and reviews. It allowed users to share files and create events. Its interface professes to follow the KISS principle. In March 2015, Soup.io had close to 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 is 20 July 2020.

Features

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.