Yubo

Many people believe that Google or Facebook will exist forever. The same thought in its day Yahoo, which ruled out the purchase of Google for an amount that, in its day, was nothing to them. Facebook no longer thinks the same way, and the truth is that this great company has always dedicated itself to buying everything it considered a threat, or even sinking its progression as has happened with Snapchat.

Zuckerberg's next target may be Yubo, a new French startup that has created a much more social social network.Yubo is an app created for teens where it's all about meeting people, making new friends and building a community

Yubo is a 21st century social app

The app is creeping along but currently already has more than 20 million users and one million users open the app every day. The network is growing at an unstoppable pace, with 10% of new users every month. But what is it that makes Yubo a different network? Precisely that, his social vision.

On Facebook, Instagram and these kinds of platforms, everything is fake. In these social networks the user cannot do anything by himself, only follow accounts with millions of followers. It is a passive experience where the social factor is lost. Yubo understands a social network as somethingmuch more communicative , designed for mobile and where each one defines its identity.Yubo is designed for you to talk to people who share your interests.

Yubo is designed for young people and in fact you won't be able to create an account if you are too “old”. You can find friends by swiping like on Tinder, although those responsible assure that Yubo is not a dating app since most people don't even get to know each other. We will have to see how they manage the moderation of the platform over time with such a young user base.

Live streaming, the app key

The most interesting thing about the application are the live streamings Users can create them together and use them to interact with other people about the latest chapter of Game of Thrones, how a friend plays the guitar or how much fun they had at their friend Joe's party.Anyone will be a good excuse to socialize.

Yubo has also thought about monetization, you can buy items, subscribe to a premium account to have more visibility and other types of advantages . Yubo assures that the future of social networks is that, socializing with other people and the application is working to build a future that goes down that path. Will it be the definitive alternative to applications like Facebook or Instagram?

Click here if you want to try Yubo, available for both Android and iPhone.