VERO - True Social

I’ve been using Vero for nearly a year now and it’s exactly what social media should be. No ads, no using your data - just all about helping you to share experiences and ideas. It can seem empty at first but that’s because Vero isn’t constantly suggesting content you might like, or adverts for business pages. It’s just down to you to decide for yourself. You’re in control. The only recommendations are on the Vero home screen - featuring various people or pages you might consider following when you first join. You can connect with friends or just follow people - and you easily share some content with everyone, and other posts with just your closest friends. You can simply share a photo of your day, or recommend a film, a book, a song. And when you do, Vero helps your followers by linking to information about it - play a clip of the song, or a synopsis of the book or the cast of the film. It just feels better thought through than other social sites. And perhaps most importantly, the people on there are a friendly bunch. I’ve seen none of the trolling like on some other sites. Go on... join us on Vero!

I’ve been using Vero for over a year and it’s by far the best social networking platform. An incredibly friendly community. Support and service to its users is second to none. If you prefer sharing and reading content rather than social interaction, that is fine too. You are welcomed and appreciated for your posts all the same. My passion is photography. I get a real kick out of sharing my work and viewing others. There’s a real interest with great conversations about our photos along with featured themes and competitions if you want to participate. And if you like music, films, the arts, sport, fashion and food, a lot of interesting posts. In fact the content on Vero is superb on any subject. The interface and layout in the app design is excellent. And they’ve just launched an especially designed version on the iPad too. On any device, feature rich and easy to use. Instagram this isn’t. And that’s a good thing. Ad-free honest and authentic it is. Well done Vero!

Although I’ve been on various social media platforms for more than than a decade, I’ve never truly “got into them”. From mining personal information, to algorithms deciding what I (or my connections) should see, to pervasive advertisements, and data breaches, I have not fully embraced them. As an artist and activist, the lack of moral values that most social networking companies have has simply not made me feel great about using them. Vero is something special though! I love that they are not mining my data to sell to the highest bidder. I love that they are not using algorithms to decide what users should see. I love that they are not showing advertisements. The layout of the app is really user-friendly. Posts, particularly videos and photographs look amazing. It’s easy to discover new content and it’s easy to decide who sees your posts. To me, this is the future of social media! Keep up the great work Vero.

I am not a fan of social media, but I have become a fan of Vero. It has a clean look and a chronological feed which caters for everyone regardless of your interests or the type of content you like to post. The community is growing quickly and each and every person I have encountered is friendly, fun and thoughtful which leads to interesting and entertaining comments and conversations. In an online sense, the slogan for this platform is very fitting: True Social.

I’ve been fed up with other social media platforms for a long time. Between being marketed at and this attitude that posts don’t come into your timeline when they are posted, Vero is a breath of fresh air to me. I just wish more people using those crappy SM sites would take the plunge and wander over to here. I don’t get half as stressed using this platform. It’s actually fun!