![]() ![]() Having very calculated photos on Poparazzi isn’t the end of the world, but it takes away from the fun of the platform and makes it feel more like the photo-sharing apps with which we are already familiar.Īnd that’s why currently the app feels vulnerable to copycat attempts or having some users eventually flee because they feel it remains somewhat of a competitive social media environment. Again, who’s to stop these groups, which would surely bring waves of new users to the app, from having others just post very airbrushed and polished photos of them to the app? Integrating big celebrities and brands onto Poparazzi, in the way the app intends for users to post photos, also seems tricky. For one, view and reaction counts on Poparazzi photos can still probably contribute to a pressurized environment, despite the app being built to “take the pressure away from being perfect.”Īdditionally, even though Poparazzi is about having casual pictures from others populate your profile, who’s to stop someone from directing the way a friend takes a Poparazzi photo of them or sending a picture of themselves to a friend to upload on Poparazzi? Doesn’t that suggest very manicured photos you might expect to find on an Instagram feed post might still make their way to Poparazzi? That could seriously hobble Poparazzi’s growth.Īnd some users curious about the Poparazzi hype may not buy into the app’s altruistic ethos after getting to know it. If Instagram were to, say, feature Stories in which users are tagged on a new prominent section of the app, the Facebook-owned platform could spawn more casual photo posts of users’ friends and have its own Poparazzi-like environment. In the case of Poparazzi, the featured photos from beta do tend to be different (more candid) from what you might find on an Instagram feed post, but you might still find this type of Poparazzi-esque content on someone’s Instagram Stories. I recently argued that being copied by bigger platforms doesn’t automatically lead to obsoletion, but I also argued similar features on different platforms can remain compelling to one user only if the content being posted via those similar features is different. Meanwhile, the app’s core functionality hardly seems like something that can’t easily be copied by existing social competitors. Poparazzi was promoted on TikTok videos to create a user waiting list prior to launch.Īnd if you give the app permission to access your contacts, Poparazzi auto-follows everyone from your contacts who is on the platform, which is not ideal. Note that the app’s rise to the top of the App Store charts didn’t just happen organically. Poparazzi is also launching at a great time - much of the country will presumably be open in a few months with little restrictions, which will put many consumers back in the position of acting as part of their friends’ paparazzi.īut despite the app’s momentum and fresh angle, its rise to bonafide Snapchat/Instagram challenger seems far from certain. ![]() The app fits in with the wave of newer social platforms, including TikTok and Clubhouse, which encourage more casual and off-the-cuff content than something like Instagram. This playful approach to the social media game is likely to catch the attention of some consumers who feel like platforms with public like, follower or friend counts are too stale or inauthentic. Photos on Poparazzi can’t be commented on or liked, but they can be reacted to with emojis, the counts of which are displayed under photos. Follower counts are not displayed on user profiles, but the number of views a user’s “pops” have are. You’re given a “pop score” based on the photos you take with or upload to the app. The app is all about taking pictures of other people - its camera function can’t be flipped to be front-facing, and you can only populate your profile with pictures others have taken or uploaded of you (and users can curate which photos appear on their profile).Īs the company said in its launch-day statement, “On Poparazzi, you are your friend’s paparazzi, and they are yours.” The purpose is to create a depressurized social media environment and encourage content that’s less manicured than what might typically be found on something like Instagram. Wiki employs the use of MediaWiki pages in order to standardize the text used in badges.Poparazzi’s unique premise is helping to drive the intrigue. Badges can be displayed with the following dimensions: Wiki stores images of badges on GitHub for the public domain. For the purposes of earning this Badge, the following namespaces will not count towards picture count totals. This Badge can only be earned while editing in the Main namespace. ![]()
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