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BeReal: the new social media app taking Gen Z by storm

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BeReal, which promotes itself as a spontaneous and low-fuss social media platform that offers users greater authenticity, is taking Gen Z by storm after topping the charts for most downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store.

Users are randomly pinged once a day to take a photo of whatever they are doing, whether it be patting a sleepy cat or dancing at a music festival, within two minutes.

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Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com

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