Silicon Valley's Social App and Teen Obsession

So what is Poparazzi? It’s an app where you can’t post photos of yourself. Instead, you have to tag a friend. Selfies are persona non grata. There’s not even a front-facing camera to help drive the social norm that this one app isn’t about you. Instead, you become your squad’s paparazzi, snapping them in single shots or multi-photo sequence GIFs li... See more

Instagram disruptors like BeReal, Poparazzi, Dispo, and Locket have promised a more authentic, less curated reality. But even authenticity, over time, becomes performative; “photo dumps” become carefully-crafted compilations of artsy images that show us in a good light (“Look how this blurry photo implies I’m too busy having fun to take non-blurry ... See more