Lemon8 - Lifestyle Community 12+

Lemon8 is so amazing!! Basically I’m gonna tell the story on how I found this app.

So about a few weeks ago, I got a new iPhone and I wanted to download Pinterest because it has everything i need on there. When i downloaded Pinterest and i tried to sign into my account, it said that my account was “DEACTIVATED.” I was so upset that I didn’t even want to have Pinterest anymore, so I deleted it. Then earlier today, I was scrolling on my local TikTok and I see an advertisement with Lemon8! Then I said “you know what, since I see this app on ads so many times, I’m gonna download it and see what all the hype is about.”

I download Lemon8 and it was so easy to sign into an account! When I got into the app, it looked like heaven in paradise🙌🏾 Lemon8 is kind of like a mixture of Instagram as I see it myself, and it has MORE than everything I need! I thank Lemon8 to be the best app on my phone 💖 developers did their big one!

So I was on Pinterest and I saw this app and I was like oooOoO ima get this, so I did. I upload my first video of and edit of dance moms, right. Everything goes well I start uploading more edits and one of them got a lot of views and likes. I gain followers. I search around the app, finding interesting and cool people! I find this one woman who is so full of energy, confidence, love and more. So obviously I would be looking forward to seeing more of her content, right. I find more fun people. Do some commenting( people are actually so nice there, depending on what the post is). So I go take a shower. Once I get out the shower I go back into the app trying to see if that one edit I posted got more likes. I can’t get to the inbox area because... IT SAYS I DON’T MEET THE AGE REQUIREMENT!!😡😤🤬!! IM SO MAD AND ANNOYED BECAUSE THE AGE REQUIREMENT DOR THE APP SAYS 12+!! DOES IT NOT?!?!!?! So I try to find out why I’m not meeting the stupid age requirement. And now it wants me to send a picture of “my drivers license”, “national identity card”, or “passport”?!!?!??!😤😤😤 Aren’t you not supposed to like “expose” yours personal info? Or nah? So at this point I’m really mad and annoyed. And not to mention AGIAN that THE APP says the age requirement is 12+! Now I can’t get back into the app. I can’t post my edits anymore, can’t have fun, can’t look at other edits, cant do ANYTHING. See now at first I was in love with this app! NOW NOT SO MUCH🤬😡😤✋🏼.

Alright look. I’m all for people having a safe space to go to, and this app has seemed to be just that! But lately, there have been so many little kids/minors coming onto the app and quite frankly it’s just not a safe environment for kids under 18. Say what you wanna say about it but I’ve seen some pretty adult content on here and as an adult, it makes me very uncomfortable knowing that there are minors that can see some of these things.

I’m all about having a diverse community, but seriously, there’s a line between being inclusive and just plain unsafe. The problem is, every time I try to report the minors i find coming across my page, the app “security” or whoever basically hits me with a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “who cares” and says they don’t see any issue. Talk about frustrating.

So, instead of just slapping an age restriction on the app and calling it a day, how about we beef up security? or maybe implementing a sign-up process that’s a bit more thorough than a Buzzfeed quiz. Because let’s face it, this app isn’t exactly playground material. It’s time for something to change. Here’s hoping they kick things up a notch and make this space a safer spot for everyone! Cheers to that!