http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2507258/Justin-Bieber-funds-Shots-Me-app-lets-selfies.html
Justin Bieber has helped fund this new app for smartphones called "Shots of Me". At first one might think this is very similar to Snapchat, or Instagram, or any other app where you take pictures, but the purpose of this specific app was to help fight against cyber bullying and inappropriate commenting.
This app definitely does have overwhelming similarities to the other apps of its kind, but it does have the purpose of only being for taking selfies, pictures that someone takes themselves, of themselves.
The app only works through the front-facing camera to protect against people taking pictures of anything other than themselves. There are no filters to alter the images like there are on Instagram, so the picture you take is exactly what you look like with no alterations. One of the ways this app was designed to fight against cyber bullying was that comments are restricted. You can send a personal and private message to someone if you want to comment on their picture, but the public will not be able to see anything, preventing the spread of harmful comments.
Justin Bieber has invested $1.1 million dollars into this project, but so far, this project has been a flop, and is not nearly as successful as many people had hoped. Maybe over time it will become more successful when more people learn about the app and become more familiar with it.
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