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.
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.
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.
I was born RIGHT before “MySpace stopped being a thing so I understand how this app is like a “modern day replacement” of it. It has the potential to be great as far as I can tell. HOWEVER. It is SO buggy. It took me over 5 full minutes to create an account. Again this is a BRAND NEW APP so I kinda understand why, but at the same time we had to wait for this app for over a year so you’d think it would be this buggy right off the bat smh. Hoping for the best for this app in the future so we’ll see.
Update as of July 21, 2024: wayyy less buggy. My only remaining issue is that it’s still way too easy for predators to have access to minors. They really need to do something about that.
Developer Response
thank u smmmm for ur patience and for being so early !!! ♡
– @tz (mother of noplace)the app is amazing. fully customizable and can be very pretty and aesthetic. reports are very quickly handled which i’m thankful for. this app is very new so bugs ARE expected. not everything will be perfect right at the start. overall, the app is great. i actually enjoy no pics because it makes the app way more safe instead of kids seeing in appropriate stuff posted. although that might change in the future. i truly hope this app doesn’t become like twitter; all about money and full of onlyfans bots. thank you for creating a safe, welcoming app. i can’t wait to see what the future holds for this place!
I pre-registered for this app, so that can tell you a little bit of how excited I was. Well I think as of today (July 16th) it’s a pretty solid app FOR the socialization/customization aspects. However, some serious changes need to happen when it comes to the regulations.
There is still no separation of minors/adults even when given the option of 18+ at the start of account creation. That seriously needs to be fixed. I have seen countless accounts with predatory behavior or just plain inappropriate content (of course reported). Although reporting doesn’t exactly feel like it does anything, I hope they’re listening.
Bugs & crashes are still happening. Granted I know it’s still a very early app as of right now, but the dev team hasn’t really given us much to work with. There’s been no updates (as of today) on what users have been experiencing.
All in all, I give a 4 star out of 5 because I REALLY want to see this app go far. IF the devs handle things, I see this becoming as popular as twitter or instagram even. It’s just so unique and really embraces the value of connecting with others.
Beautiful app, I mean honestly the customization is great. My main issue is the lack of search ability and chats to find people of similar interests.
The “everyone” chat makes it too hard to find people who like the same thing as you, (having to click every individual profile).
I think they should add more niche group chats for people who select certain stars. I.E if I click the manga star it opens a new group-chat with everyone who has that star attached.
Another idea is to have “friend requirements” such as age, interests, relationship status, etc to narrow this search further.
This would make it much easier to find friends instead of having to click a ton of peoples profiles individually.
I started using noplace a few days ago and i quickly fell in love with the NO ADS and authenticity this platform offers, i love the customization you have over your page, i just wish there was more options for customization, like geocities in the 90s. and i also reallt like the everyone tab but i think this app needs an age filter because i was mixed with people in there 30s and 13 year old kids. i also wish there was a way to share pics and videos. i think it’s hard to form bonds with people over social media with just text without media like photos and videos. i think this app has potential and i’m happy to have been here since the beginning
I’ve been having a really fun time on this app and have met plenty of new people that I relate to a lot! The concept is clever and my favorite feature is the amount of customization you have when creating your profile to make everyone’s page as unique as they can be and contrast so much compared to the thousands and thousands of accounts on this platform. By far has my vote as one of the best social media platforms there are.
However, as of writing this review, I can not access the group chats/dms page on the app. Everytime I do, it just shows me that it’s loading however it never loads at all. I’ve closed and opened the app several times and have every uninstalled and reinstalled to see if that will make a difference. No luck. I don’t know if this is a bug for everyone else or it’s just me. Anyways, it’s a really infuriating thing I’ve have to deal with and hope eventually it will be fixed.
Overall, pretty solid app and gets my thumbs up!
I've been using this app since it came out (@mewelis) and I really like it sooooo much, and the people that I met here are so nice. I love the way that we can customize our pages like this w/ out own custom colors and everything, I’ve seen the cutest pages with this and wish it was on all social media platforms. However somethings that I’d recommend is being able to customize your notifications because I personally don't like having to mute ever note I comment on. Also the feature to add images including to our profiles, voice notes, linking other accounts directly to your profile, an actual age filter, and banners. But overall this is a pretty good app so far and a great start! :)
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