Welcome to this bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast.

Today's bonus podcast is written by Mark Legg of the Denison Forum and is titled

Viral Social Media App Be Real, Bucks inauthentic, Instagram, and TikTok.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrator.

Teens are suffering under the pressure of social media.

It infiltrates their lives, eats up hours of their day,

and in return gives mostly shallow relationships and body image problems.

Social media also seems to compound anxiety and depression.

Are all social apps a wash, though? Be Real claims to

defy all of the inauthentic parts of Instagram and TikTok. The app encourages you to take a picture

of your normal life. With no ability to edit the photos, Be Real claims it can provide the fun

of interacting with friends without the downside of other social media. How does Be Real claims it can provide the fun of interacting with friends without the downside

of other social media. How does Be Real work? And does the app achieve true authenticity? Be Real

has exploded in popularity over the past months. Since July, Be Real has ruled the App Store

setting at the number one spot for downloads for two months straight.

In August, it boasts 10 million daily active users.

One author for the New York Times writes that Be Real is boring in a good way.

It's a French developed and owned app created by innovator Alexis Berriatt. Every day at a

random time, Be Real sends out an alert telling you to post within two minutes. Users then take a

selfie and front-facing picture simultaneously. That's their post for the day. It might send out the

notification at 10.12 a.m.

Are you at your boring desk job?

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