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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/20\/23313295\/bereal-instagram-app-curation-change<\/a>
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Some of you are using BeReal exactly the way it was intended to be used. For that, I applaud you. But some of you are using it in a very, very wrong way. You people know exactly who you are. <\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, BeReal is a social network that\u2019s an anti-social network in many ways. The app sends a notification to all users at a randomized time, informing them that it\u2019s \u201ctime to BeReal.\u201d In theory,<\/a> users open BeReal immediately after receiving this notification, take a photo of whatever they happen to be doing at that time, and post it to the app. You can\u2019t see anyone else\u2019s BeReals until you post your own.<\/p>\n

On paper, it\u2019s the opposite of Instagram. The latter app is notoriously curated \u2014 people fill it with beautiful, carefully edited photos of themselves doing glamorous things with large groups of adoring friends. You post your best moments and, crucially, do not post anything else. <\/p>\n

But BeReal can\u2019t be curated \u2014 or at least, the intention is that it not be. It\u2019s the real <\/em>you. A scroll through Instagram may make you feel like you\u2019re the only one spending your Friday night watching Netflix on your bed while everyone else is out on the town, but a scroll through BeReal reminds you that you\u2019re not alone. It\u2019s oddly comforting \u2014 it\u2019s perhaps the most effective online cure for FOMO there is. <\/p>\n

At least, that\u2019s the intention. <\/p>\n

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