Another Snapchat Stories clone. But! "it mimics the way Facebook was originally launched — school by school" "you select your high school, and will then see t

Another Snapchat Stories clone. But! "it mimics the way Facebook was originally launched — school by school" "you select your high school, and will then see the video profiles from people at your school or ones nearby" "While technically anyone can download Lifestage, anyone 22 or older will only be able to see their own profile. That's because it's built for high schoolers to learn more about their classmates. A quick swipe lets you block and report people too in case anyone sketchy tries to creep on the kids." This gating is really interesting and mimics the feature of Snapchat that makes it so that all interaction is friends-only-by-default. This is crucial because other social networking and/or popularity apps are usually public-by-default or encourage it heavily by the nature of the content (Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Vine), which extends popularity contests globally, and separately, makes unsavory interactions with strangers more likely. In other words, it's possible that this particular set of attributes, which keeps it grounded in the immediate, existing peer group of teens, will result in its long-term success.