Bieber-funded Shots of Me app

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Shots of Me ? the selfie-sharing app and social network created by RockLive, aimed at teenagers, and partially funded by Justin Bieber ? is now available on iOS devices. The app displays a full-screen scrolling list of self-taken pictures, creating a mildly unsettling wall of faces. Some are smiling, some are gurning, some are ? in 2013, would you believe ? still duckfacing. Menu options let users find people to follow, view their own profile, send messages to other users, and check their own follower count.

All of Shots of Me's selfies are taken with two stipulations: firstly, the image must be captured in-app, not taken with an iOS device's camera and imported in, and secondly, only the front camera can be used. The result is a wall of lower-quality images than found on competitors such as Instagram, but in an interview with TechCrunch, RockLive's CEO John Shahidi suggested the content of selfies was intrinsically more interesting than "looking at coffee or salad," making up for the dip in fine detail.

"Only the front camera can be used, and selfies must be taken in-app".

Comments are also restricted: there's no way to publicly state your thoughts on another person's selfie. John Shahidi said that major investor Justin Bieber was particularly attracted to a social network without comments, seeing it as a solution to the problem of cyberbullying. Young people who put up a picture of their own face won't have to deal with a cavalcade of personal insults: Shots of Me instead allows users who follow each other to communicate in direct messages, while a sense of community is fostered by an Instagram-esque "heart" icon that signifies approval from other people.

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[Torolol]

It is the app to deal with one's narcissistic need.

[The Evil Overlord]

now all we need is for no one to get it :p