Monday, 29 Apr 2024
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BeReal App Review

This seems to be a good alternative for kids who can’t have Snapchat, like my daughter. The app prompts everyone to post a picture, once a day, to show their friends what they are doing at that time. They can only see friends posts and vice versa. It takes a pic of the person and of what is in front of them. There are no filters and it shows how many times they took a picture before they landed on the one they posted. The purpose is to show you truly what your friends are doing at that moment, not edited pictures of perfection. I like the message of this app, which is to stop faking your life and be real. The downside I see right now with it, is the same reason I won’t let my daughter have Instagram. If a bunch of kids are together and your child isn’t included in the group at the moment the notification comes in to take the pic, they can feel left out or have FOMO. But they would have to catch them at that moment in time, not something that can be taken and posted later. All social media can have the potential to cause hurt feelings or bullying. But so far, this app has been fun for my daughter to see what her friends are up to in that moment, not staged perfect photos. This app is the most popular one amongst the middle schoolers at my daughter’s school.

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