Lifestage

Facebook continues to bet on the new values, especially if they are focused on its most difficult audience: young people That's why he gave a chance to a very young product manager named Michael Sayman and launched his application Lifestage under their own brand. A social network for under 22 years of age in which the video has all the importance. Are we ready for yet another social network?

Lifestage looks directly at the sources of Facebook, according to says Sayman Thus, he has looked at what the original social network was like in 2004 to develop your own app. Of course, updating it to a few criteria of today. On the one hand it is a social network almost exclusively for young people, and it is that only under 22 years old will be able to see other people's profiles. In addition, it is the videos that have all the weight in this application, without a news wall, but profiles full of videos that explain details about each user .

Simply download the application and create a profile, all without the need to sign with the Facebook account in no time.From there, each user can answer the different questions that are asked in their profile: my happy face, my angry face, my best friend”¦ The difference with the rest of social networks is that they are not answered with words, but with small video clips Thus, each user must show the camera the answer, decorating it with frames, labels and other details To give an extra incentive, the social network rewards those who complete the most profile by leveling them up and adding new questions.

In this way, other users can learn more details about friends and classmates. And it is that the application is banned from centers where there are at least 20 Lifestage users Again, an incentive to get people to join and focus them solely on the youth and student environment Something very similar to what happened with Facebook at universities in their origins.

Of course, Lifestage does not have a news feed or board of latest news nor an integrated messaging system. On the one hand it is possible to see the profiles of friends and know thanks to the emoticons Emoji if they have updated (face with sunglasses) or not (poop) their questions . On the other hand, there is no way to contact them directly with your own messages. Of course, there is a kind of notice that each user can leave for the rest of the contacts in which it is indicated that contact with him or her using Snapchat, Instagram or other messaging apps. Something that may not be very funny to Facebook

Of course, at the moment it is an application launched in United StatesAnd, although its launch has not had much impact, it has the elements to follow in the footsteps of Facebook Now we just have to wait and see if it reaches more markets and if it doesn't end up disappearing like the many other applications launched by Facebook in recent years: Notify, Slingshot , Poke, Paper”¦