Pheed is a new social craze for teens. Essentially, it’s a social media app that combines all of the ones that are used today – Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Vine.
Users can post plain text, pictures, videos, and songs.
The concepts of following/followers and “liking” a post are the same, however, what’s different about Pheed is that users can “dislike” and directly comment on other user’s posts.
Another very unique feature is that users with a lot of followers, such as celebrities, can charge to view their content.
Celebrities such as Miley Cyrus have supported it.
“At first, I found it confusing to figure out, but it’s actually pretty fun to use,” senior Alexa Boone said. “It’s all these social medias wrapped into one convenient app.”
Pheed uses the easy Facebook layout for the dashboard.
“It’s convenient to be able to do so much with it, but I don’t like having to learn how to use yet another social media,” junior Karla Castro said. “I’m also unconvinced that it’ll catch on.”
Vine users have flocked to the app, which launched in October of 2012.
The creator felt Instagram was too simple.
“It’s somewhat easy to navigate, but it won’t become popular simply for the fact that between Twitter, Vine, and Instagram, it’s unnecessary to get another social media that does what all these other ones already do,” senior Ramiro Huerta said.
Even though the idea of Pheed is clever, it seems to not have good reviews among Bowie students.