10. BeReal? A Christian Perspective

A social app that encourages authenticity and expressive individualism

On the latest episode of What Would Jesus Tech Joel and I discussed the rising social media app called BeReal.

For reading on this topic, I recommend:

• Chris Martin’s What’s The Deal With BeReal

• New York Time’s article BeReal Captures Our Nostalgia for a Time When Social Media Was Boring

• Stratechery’s Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends

Here’s the WWJT audio:

And here’s the YouTube video:

0:00 - Intro

1:35 - Did Joel get fired?

2:24 - What is BeReal?

6:40 - How TikTok is different from BeReal

11:20 - Positives of BeReal

14:30 - Authenticity is good but overrated

16:50 - Why authenticity is overrated

21:45 - Expressive individualism & the Lord's Prayer

24:30 - Creating social media apps in the midst of economic struggle

30:40 - Would Jesus use BeReal?