Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

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[–] 24 points 3 years ago (11 children)

It's kinda niche, but it's where you and your friends can only post once a day at a random time. But it's all at the same time, so you kinda get a slice of life of what everyone is doing. I like it, it's much worse for influencer type stuff, so everyone I know just uses it with their friends which is nice. It starts conversations that might not happen otherwise.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    My students will jump up in class when they get the notification. My only rule is that I get to be in it.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    You're a good teacher, working around the things they find important in their lives. Thank you

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Same with ChatGPT I show them how to use it as a tutor, instead of a homework solving machine. Other teachers "ban" it. They're the same people that would have resisted color television.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wtf? ChatGPT gets things wrong way, way too often to trust it to "know" anything you don't. Of course it depends on how niche the topic of information is, but I don't ever trust it to definitely not be confidently incorrect.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm not sure I understand the concept. So the app chooses a random time of day to send an alert, at which point everyone in a group gets to post whatever they want? When the window ends then there are no more posts until the next day? Are you in the groups with the kids?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're allowed to post later, though this will be visible with your post. Tbh I like it until now. It's a good way to engage with my friends now that I only see them a few times a month. The friends I have on BeReal are generally respecting the rule that you either post at the moment BeReal asks you to or at the nearest moment where it's okay to so. I won't post at work, at the toilet, or in the shower or something. But I will do so after those moments of I'm doing something mundane like washing the dishes or cycling home. You'll generally just get a sense of what your friends' life's like like normally, as well as the fun things they do like traveling or visiting some event.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Holy crap that sounds godawful. Do what you’re doing and dance on command when the randomly timed notification comes in? Sounds fun to do on a lark when you open the app because you’re having a boring day or something, but as a daily thing?

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