Grove.io explained

Grove.io was originally Convore, a real-time chat web application created by co-founders Eric Florenzano, Leah Culver, and Eric Maguire.

PC World said "It works as a news aggregate as well as a question/answer forum for its myriad of topics";^[1] according to MIT Technology Review, it had "the polish and responsiveness that most new sites of its ilk lack."^[2]

In January 2012, Convore pivoted into Grove.io, with a focus on providing services for businesses, and touting as a core feature that it was based on IRC.^[3] The imminent closure of the Convore service was announced on their own website and on Twitter in February.^{[4] [5]}

In October 2016, Grove.io announced that they were closing down, and recommended users to use Slack as a replacement.^[6]

External links

• Convore Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kennedy . Jason . Social Media Treats: Convore and SoftCity . PCWorld . 2011-04-18 . 2011-05-08 . 2011-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124144506/http://www.pcworld.com/article/225473/social_media_treats_convore_and_softcity.html . dead .
2. Web site: New Chat Thing Convore Is Google Wave Minus the Suck . Technology Review . 2011-05-08 . 2011-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110416084238/http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26367/ . dead .
3. Web site: Convore is reborn as Grove.io, a chat service for businesses . . 2012-01-10 . 2016-10-28 . 2019-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190519053256/https://gigaom.com/2012/01/10/convore-grove-io/ . dead .
4. Web site: Convore Shutting Down April 1st . Convore . 2012-12-08 . https://archive.today/20121208170931/http://blog.convore.com/post/17951919109/convore-shutting-down-april-1st . 2012-12-08 . dead .
5. Web site: Convore Shutting Down April 1st. Twitter. 2012-02-20 . 2016-10-28.
6. Web site: Closing up shop . Grove.io . 2016-10-10 . 2016-10-28.