BeReal is an application that invites you to take photos spontaneously. But not everyone plays the game: you can see that by watching the covers on BeReal.
It was 2022. BeReal was taking off, becoming one of the hot topics that year. The goal ? The application invites you to post a photo of yourself once a day, at any time of the day. You then have two minutes to comply. Two shots are taken: one with the rear camera of the phone (to see what you are doing) the other with the front camera (to have your self-portrait).
BeReal is described as an anti-Instagram: the photos are much more spontaneous, taken on the spot, unlike its rival, where the shots are often very thoughtful, staged and retouched. That said, everyone does not necessarily play the game of immediacy: some users, when they are unhappy with the first take, decide to do it again.
What is a recovery on BeReal?
This practice is called “reprise” in French. It is also a source of confusion: one might think that it is an indicator of the number of times the photo has been relayed by other Internet users – especially since the small associated icon is reminiscent of retweets on Twitter. In effect, this means that the photo has been redone, because the first one was considered poor.
See covers on BeReal
The steps to follow to view the covers of the BeReal application:
- Launch the application on your smartphone;
- Go to the activity stream for photos;
- Click on the “comment” button of the photo of your choice;
- See if a retake counter appears: if so, this means that the photo has been retaken, with the number of times next to it.
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