{"id":6041,"date":"2016-11-24T15:15:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T20:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2016-11-24T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T20:04:36","slug":"everything-need-know-lifestage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/everything-need-know-lifestage\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About Lifestage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook can\u2019t seem to let Snapchat go. Lifestage, Facebook\u2019s new teens-only app, was designed to be a competitor to Snapchat, which is largely considered to be the most popular social networking app for teenagers. Like Snapchat, Lifestage is about recording time-sensitive \u201cmoments\u201d and sharing those moments with others. But how does Lifestage compare to Snapchat, and can Lifestage compete with Snapchat\u2019s teenage user base?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Lifestage Works<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are a few ways the app differs from Snapchat. With Lifestage you must locate your school through the app. You\u2019ll create a video bio, where you\u2019ll record videos as a response to questions about yourself. You\u2019re then \u201cgraded\u201d according to your activity on the app, and given an emoji beside your name that shows how frequently you engage with the app. Then you can create and share a video profile of \u201cmoments\u201d you like and dislike, and view your classmates\u2019 video profiles. You can also add drawings or stickers to your videos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/order-recommend-food-friends-on-facebook\/\">Order and Recommend Food to Your Friends on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How the App Fails<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, there is a lack of privacy, and occasionally authenticity, associated with the app. A disclaimer for the app states that all Lifestage posts are public and can be viewed by anyone \u2014 those who attend the same school, those who don\u2019t, and anyone else who has access to the app. Further, there\u2019s the potential for teenagers or adults to claim that they go to a school they don\u2019t attend. These two issues could be a deal-breaker for teenagers who want a safe, private social networking presence. With Snapchat and other social media apps, you can choose who sees your content. With Lifestage, all of your content is fair game to anyone \u2014 even an adult, who may be thousands of miles away, who claims to go to your school.<\/p>\n<p>Further, this app might not be an attractive option for teenagers who want privacy from helicopter parents or teachers, or are looking to edit their online presence for college applications. Not to mention the design of the app is more juvenile and maximalist in design than Snapchat, which may be unappealing, and even insulting, to anyone past their pre-teen years. All of these reasons could explain why Lifestage has yet to attract a large teenage base \u2014 and why it most likely won\u2019t. The whole app begs the question: did Facebook really think this through? Regardless, Facebook will soon know which elements of Lifestage are more successful than others, and perhaps add those features to Facebook or other apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year Facebook released Lifestage on Android, a teens-only social app. But what does the app offer, and will it be as popular as Facebook?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[146,3877,3879,298],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-facebook","tag-lifestage","tag-moments","tag-snapchat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}