Barely functional
From the moment I received the notification of its release and made my account the app has been barely functional. Immediately after creating my account the app completely spazzed out and kept saying my account didn’t exist every time I tried to log in. I got annoyed and eventually forgot about it for like a month and I recently tried it again. Thankfully I was logged in now but it’s:
-Constantly showing me error message every time I click on anything.
-Takes forever to load sometimes won’t even load at all
-Timing out constantly
-Crashes
-I can’t view people’s profiles, I can barely view my own. Either I get an error message or it never loads and just shows a blank slate
-I accepted a friend request but the person just disappeared and I can’t find any trace of it. (Notifications won’t load)
This would be fine considering it’s a new social media platform but they have been advertising it for years, making people wait for its release and when it finally does it’s laggy, glitchy, and subpar. It must be because of the high amount of traffic but they should have prepared for that considering how much marketing they did.
Anyway I’ll update my rating if any of this changes for me.Not very good
I was so excited for the app when it released, now I don’t use it at all. Its concept is cool but not really executed well. The whole point of an algorithm is to have content that is tailored to the consumer so they can stay on the app, and without a proper category system or basic features like hashtags, it’s just plain boring and not eye catching. There are some features that I will give credit to, that being boosting and customization. Other than that though, nothing really adds up to being a new fun app that everyone would want. Another thing is that it can quickly get annoying to constantly update everyone on what you’re doing or your current life, which brings up the next point. The amount of details you would normally give to the app is insane, especially in your updates and what you’re currently doing. Without ads or an algorithm, you cannot really make any money, which the app wants. See the connection there? This app is what you would call a data farm. The founder has also been outed as a con-artist and is not at all trustworthy in any sense. Would I overall recommend this app? No. You are better off using those other annoying apps like Wizz and what not.There’s a Problem…
Now to start off, I really like NoPlace. I thought this would be just another Wizz, Purp, etc copycat, but this app really is just fun to post about random stuff! I love the customization that’s present (and wouldn’t mind more options) and everyone’s profile is super unique. I like the idea of stars for your main topics, and how there’s hardly a group or fandom left out. I think for more engagement across people with the same stars, maybe an incorporation of forums for those topics can be considered, kinda like Amino but smaller. Overall if you like the ideas presented then you should totally download it. That being said, I have a HUGE problem. I exited out of the app earlier this week and tried to get back in one day after that, but I was presented with the account creation screen. I thought I could just enter my number and get back to my account, BUT whenever I put my number in, the app said that my account is no longer active, which makes no sense as I had never logged out or deleted my account. I don’t think that I had been reported since I last exited the app, and I don’t know how the reporting system works if I was reported in some way. I have sent 3 emails to the support team, but have heard nothing. I figured that if I can’t reach them through email then I might as well try all my outlets including this review. I’m really confused on why this has happened and don’t really know how to resolve the issue.