Vero.co

[TimeTexas]

As someone who despises social media (and didn't even use Instagram until this past January), I think its worth plugging Vero.co here.

It is a social media feed, very similar to Instagram. The biggest difference is there is not auto-generated content feed. No algorithms trying to figure out how to best put marketing materials and sponsored materials in front of your face.

There's also no promoting "Reels" so it can be more like TikTok. It's simply a feed of the posts made by the people you follow. No interruptions, no blaring Reel from the latest hype-machine, no sponsored content suggestions. It seems to be a platform that is perfect for photography and for hobbies like watches that are much more geared toward still photography rather than videos/reels.

I don't know that it will ever be all that popular, but it should be. And I believe they will probably end up charging some monthly fee since they don't have advertising revenue. But if you sign up early, you'll be exempt from any fees in the future. So even if you don't want to use it now, its worth signing up just for that in the event it does become more popular.

I'm @timetexas on Vero. I'll be starting an account for BSL as well and hopefully include a feed from members posts.

If you're on Vero, I'd be interested in hearing your experience and also post your handle. There are some growing pains. I'm using it on Android and its a little laggy at times. Sometimes it hangs up when trying to look at certain feeds or Requests. My biggest gripe has been that when posting, it doesn't show my "favorites" as an option which makes it more difficult to locate the correct photo I want to post. That said, I've made a suggestion for that to be added and they were very responsive - so hopefully they are listening to user feedback and will make improvements once they move out of beta.

 

 

[TimeTexas]

and I just added @bespokenlounge as well.