▲ 975 ▼ It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 3 years ago by Uranium3006@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 330 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 52 points 3 years ago (7 children) No one's posting on BeReal Nobody has heard of BeReal permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] acr515@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago BeReal is pretty popular with a lot of the people I know- you might not be in the right social circles who know about it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 years ago (5 children) What is BeReal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago Rapper in Cypress Hill. Oh, no, that's B-Real. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (3 children) I believe it's an app, where you randomly get a notification and mist poat within then and 2 minutes. It takes a pic of both the front and back cameras on your phone. The idea is that you can't make yourself look good, like with Snapchat filters, or even Instagram where you can find a nice angle or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 2 points 3 years ago What if I'm taking a shit??? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I'm having trouble imagining a worse social media experience and I've used both Facebook and the new Reddit site. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago It feels like it has a similar stance to what BeMe had but is somewhat successful. Less about you attempting to look perfect and more about every day life. The BeMe idea was to set your camera to record, hold it to your chest to record what ever you were looking at, and before you knew it the video was uploaded to the servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acr515@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago BeReal is pretty popular with a lot of the people I know- you might not be in the right social circles who know about it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 years ago (5 children) What is BeReal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago Rapper in Cypress Hill. Oh, no, that's B-Real. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (3 children) I believe it's an app, where you randomly get a notification and mist poat within then and 2 minutes. It takes a pic of both the front and back cameras on your phone. The idea is that you can't make yourself look good, like with Snapchat filters, or even Instagram where you can find a nice angle or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 2 points 3 years ago What if I'm taking a shit??? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I'm having trouble imagining a worse social media experience and I've used both Facebook and the new Reddit site. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago It feels like it has a similar stance to what BeMe had but is somewhat successful. Less about you attempting to look perfect and more about every day life. The BeMe idea was to set your camera to record, hold it to your chest to record what ever you were looking at, and before you knew it the video was uploaded to the servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago Rapper in Cypress Hill. Oh, no, that's B-Real. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 6 points 3 years ago (3 children) I believe it's an app, where you randomly get a notification and mist poat within then and 2 minutes. It takes a pic of both the front and back cameras on your phone. The idea is that you can't make yourself look good, like with Snapchat filters, or even Instagram where you can find a nice angle or whatever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 2 points 3 years ago What if I'm taking a shit??? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I'm having trouble imagining a worse social media experience and I've used both Facebook and the new Reddit site. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago It feels like it has a similar stance to what BeMe had but is somewhat successful. Less about you attempting to look perfect and more about every day life. The BeMe idea was to set your camera to record, hold it to your chest to record what ever you were looking at, and before you knew it the video was uploaded to the servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catasaur@lemmy.catasaur.xyz 2 points 3 years ago What if I'm taking a shit??? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I'm having trouble imagining a worse social media experience and I've used both Facebook and the new Reddit site. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago It feels like it has a similar stance to what BeMe had but is somewhat successful. Less about you attempting to look perfect and more about every day life. The BeMe idea was to set your camera to record, hold it to your chest to record what ever you were looking at, and before you knew it the video was uploaded to the servers. permalink fedilink source parent