It triumphs for being spontaneous, authentic and very different from Instagram. They have nothing to do with it. And that’s a relief. The BeReal social network is the latest addition to the social landscape and lead the rankings of downloads. Its premise: share the “real”. Among the fans, most of the Zetas, many millennials burned and famous as Rosalía.
The operation is simple. The app sends you a notification to publish a photo with the rear camera and another with the front of the mobile and it only gives you two minutes to do so. No editing. In this way, the laughs are guaranteed and we say goodbye to the posture of the filters.
Could the reality of Tuenti or Fotolog have returned? We are nostalgic. And it is that his modus operandi It has reached our hearts, although we do not take the Xataka experts right, “the price to pay: to be even more dependent on the mobile”. But what if it ends up eliminating the other networks from the equation, it could even decrease the use of the terminals. We will not be the ones who deny spending hours and hours hooked on TikTok or Instagram. Like this new alternative is a way to cut with this routine. BeReal it only allows you to post a photo once a day.
filter vs. Reality Jameela Jamil
the new selfies
Also in its favour, the possibility of ending selfie dysmorphia. In BeReal you look bad in the photos and absolutely nothing happens. That’s the cool thing, it shows everyday life, honesty (something that, ahem, is missed more than once on Instagram). They say that the effect of his photos is achieved because he uses a fisheye lens with a time lapse because he takes a screenshot and not a real photo.
Transparency is such the app shows if you have taken several shots before posting a photo and the hours after the alert that you have uploaded it.
Also, there is no popularity indicator. No likes, no followers. Wonderful. Although many of us (including myself) find ourselves in a transition period in which we dedicate ourselves to sharing our BeReal on Instagram or TikTok, I predict a promising future for you. And it seems to me the best detox social networks. I love that it only lets you see other people’s content if you upload something and that in BeReal the photos are public only for 24 hours.
According to trending news website social media today, app downloads are up 315% since the beginning of the year, and it now ranks fourth on the list of most downloaded social media apps, behind Instagram, Snapchat and Pinterest. There is already talk of the possibility that Instagram will copy it.
We may, after all, be looking for a real connection and eschewing popularity in favor of realism.
BeReal can be downloaded for Android and Apple devices and has easy installation. lets react to other people’s publications with an emoji with your face or a comment and put a title to yours.
You may choose whether your post will be public or only shared with your friends and access “discovery” content, that is, from people you don’t know. Although as we have explained, you delete the photos the next day, in “memories” it allows access to them.
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