VSBRO
By Patricia Monticello Kievlan,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Chaotic social network for bros, by bros; not for kids.
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What’s It About?
VSBRO is a social network where users can share photos, add friends, and like other users' posts by adding a fist bump. There's no built-in way to take or edit photos, and there's no way to edit or comment on posts. Users can link their accounts to Instagram to earn a verified status. Overall, the app is meant for men, and women who have joined are generally not welcome on the platform.
Is It Any Good?
With so few features, there's not much to recommend this social network, and its overall vibe of boys behaving badly makes it even less appealing. Some posts are pretty benign, with users sharing photos of their friends who they missed during the coronavirus quarantine. But many more are downright vile, with users sharing racist, sexist, and homophobic words and images and even soliciting fist bumps to bully other users off the platform. There are no community guidelines, privacy policy, or terms of use, and though it's possible to report a post, it's not clear what impact that will have.
The developers get one thing right: This platform isn't like VSCO at all. It doesn't have nearly as many features as that photo-sharing and photo-editing app, and it doesn't work nearly as well. VSBRO is much more like other social media apps (think Peach and Yo) that briefly went viral for their own gimmicks. Hopefully this toxic boys' club meets the same fate.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what makes a productive online community. There are lots of unkind and even hateful posts on VSBRO, but the app doesn't have any community guidelines and it's not clear that reporting an offensive post has any effect. Why is it important to have rules about what's okay to post and share?
Talk about being smart about what and how they share online in general. We have some great tips on safety and being a good digital citizen.
Talk about your family's rules for social media. What's OK to share? How can you protect yourself online, and how should you act online? Talk about what it means to be a good digital citizen.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: June 2, 2020
- Category: Social Networking
- Publisher: VSBRO
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Last updated: August 11, 2021
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