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height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BeReal._Logo.svg/330px-BeReal._Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BeReal._Logo.svg/440px-BeReal._Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Alexis Barreyat, Kévin Perreau<sup id="cite_ref-founder-cite1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founder-cite1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-founder-cite2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founder-cite2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">2020</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release(s)</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="margin:0px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">iOS</th><td class="infobox-data">2.25.0 / July 28, 2024<span class="noprint">; 7 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-07-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Android</th><td class="infobox-data">1.7.0 / July 22, 2023<span class="noprint">; 19 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2023-07-22</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swift_(programming_language)" title="Swift (programming language)">Swift</a> (iOS), <a href="/wiki/Kotlin_(programming_language)" title="Kotlin (programming language)">Kotlin</a> (Android)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IOS_14" title="IOS 14">iOS 14</a> or later<br /><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">13 languages<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background-color: transparent;">List of languages</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="">English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bereal.com">bereal<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BeReal</b> (stylized as <b>BeReal.</b>) is a French <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social-networking</a> app released in 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-:7_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves with friends in their day-to-day life, given a randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane.<sup id="cite_ref-:032_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:032-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "BeReal" is a <a href="/wiki/Pun" title="Pun">pun</a>. Its primary reference relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, while also being a pun of the term <a href="/wiki/B-roll" title="B-roll">B-reel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the app's description on Apple's App Store, BeReal encourages its users to "show their friends who they really are, for once," by removing filters and opportunities to stage or edit photos.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a couple of years of relative obscurity, it rapidly gained popularity in early and mid-2022 growing from 21.6 million to 73.5 million users between July and August, before experiencing a decrease in use in 2023 and continuing to decline to 23 million users at the beginning of 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The app was developed by Alexis Barreyat, a former employee at <a href="/wiki/GoPro" title="GoPro">GoPro</a>, and Kévin Perreau, a graduate from <a href="/wiki/42_(school)" title="42 (school)">42</a> in Paris.<sup id="cite_ref-founder-cite1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founder-cite1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-founder-cite2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-founder-cite2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:032_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:032-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially released in 2020, it first gained widespread popularity in early 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:032_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:032-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It first spread widely on college campuses, partially due to a paid ambassador program.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late August 2022, the application had over 10 million active daily users and 21.6 million active monthly users.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of February 2023, the app has grown to 13 million active daily users and 47.8 million active monthly users.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, BeReal received a $30 million <a href="/wiki/Venture_round" title="Venture round">funding round</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz" title="Andreessen Horowitz">Andreessen Horowitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accel_(company)" title="Accel (company)">Accel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2022, BeReal secured $85 million in a funding round led by <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Milner" title="Yuri Milner">Yuri Milner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/DST_Global" title="DST Global">DST Global</a>, increasing its valuation to about $600 million.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:52_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 25, 2022, BeReal topped <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s free app list in the <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS/iPadOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="App Store (iOS/iPadOS)">iOS App Store</a>, and remained until September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BeReal also received Apple's iPhone App of the Year in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By late spring 2023, the app's momentum was waning, as daily users dropped to about 6 million, from 15 million in October 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2024, there was a resurgence after a campaign at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">Paris Olympics 2024</a>, with the app reportedly gaining 1000 users.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, BeReal was acquired by the French company <a href="/wiki/Voodoo_(company)" title="Voodoo (company)">Voodoo</a> for a reported €500 million. Alexis Barreyat is set to step down after a transition period.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once per day, BeReal simultaneously notifies all users that a two-minute window to post is open. It asks users to create a post (known eponymously as a "BeReal"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) which, using mandatory simultaneous photos and now short videos from both the front and back cameras, provides a visual depiction of what they are doing at that moment, with an option to caption their post. The given window varies from day to day, and is not known to users before the notification is received.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once the daily notification is sent, users lose the ability to see others' BeReals from the previous day. Furthermore, users cannot see any of the current day's BeReals until they upload their own. On-time BeReals show the time it was uploaded, meanwhile, late BeReals uploaded after the two-minute window shows how late the BeReal was taken, but the user has to long-press the BeReal to reveal the time it was uploaded. Other users can also see how many attempts the poster took to take the BeReal, as well as their location when the BeReal was taken. Users only get one chance to delete their BeReal and post another one, and they used to not be able to post more than one at any time.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2023, a feature was added that allowed users to post up to two extra BeReals on days when they posted their first BeReal within the 2-minute window. For now, this BonusBeReal feature is only available in some regions.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://help.bereal.com/hc/ja/articles/10388190752669-Bonus-BeReal">[1]</a> BeReal also features a "Discovery" section,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> wherein users are given the option to share to a much wider, public audience. This feature, however, is limited, as users are not able to interact with the posts through commenting—unlike the "My Friends" feature. In August of 2023, in an attempt to make BeReal more social, another feature was added so that users are now able to see their friends of friends' BeReal. <sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The app reportedly uses <a href="/wiki/Hive_(artificial_intelligence_company)" title="Hive (artificial intelligence company)">HiveAI</a> to automate its image moderation process.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there is also a report function that allows users to report a photo or another user if they are posting inappropriate content.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparison_to_other_platforms">Comparison to other platforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Comparison to other platforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of its daily cycle of engagement, it has been compared to <a href="/wiki/Wordle" title="Wordle">Wordle</a>, which gained popularity earlier in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also supports a platform similar to <a href="/wiki/Snapchat" title="Snapchat">Snapchat</a> with a theme of impermanence and brevity. </p><p>BeReal has been described as designed to compete with <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> while simultaneously de-emphasising <a href="/wiki/Social_media_addiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Social media addiction">social media addiction</a> and overuse.<sup id="cite_ref-:032_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:032-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:14_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The app does not allow any <a href="/wiki/Photographic_filter" title="Photographic filter">photo filters</a> or other editing, and has no follower counts. Marketing material from the company said that the app "can be addictive" and that "BeReal won't make you famous."<sup id="cite_ref-:52_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jacob Arnott, managing director of social agency We the People, describes BeReal as "an anti-Instagram" due to its raw and unedited nature.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The app's foundation on friends rather than followers resembles <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>'s platform of adding friends, which comprise the content of a user's feed. This also resembles Instagram's "close friends" story feature.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, rather than "liking" posts, BeReal uses "RealMojis" which involves taking a photo to interact with other posts.<sup id="cite_ref-:22_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the popularity of BeReal, other providers have launched similar features. In July 2022, Instagram launched a "Dual Camera" feature similar to BeReal, and in August 2022 it began testing a feature called "IG Candid Challenges", where users are prompted to post once a day within two minutes. As of September 2022, TikTok has also launched a feature called <i>TikTok Now</i>, following the same concept.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, similar to <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>'s "Wrapped," BeReal launched a feature involving a video of a compilation of users' BeReal posts of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_characteristics">User characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: User characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BeReal is considered to be targeted towards <a href="/wiki/Generation_Z" title="Generation Z">Generation Z</a> users, and attempts to minimise "social media fatigue", a feeling of numbness and disconnection from reality caused by constant interaction with an idealised version of others.<sup id="cite_ref-:0322_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0322-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:132_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a "core generational value" that this demographic holds compared to Millennials.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, BeReal's users have been particularly strong across universities and university-aged students, and the majority of users are in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Anthony_Segaert_2022,_pp._2_-_1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anthony_Segaert_2022,_pp._2_-_1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:82_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, the majority of users were female, with 43.2% of users falling within the age range of 16 to 25 and 55.1% of users being 26 to 44 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-:82_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jason Koebler, a writer for <i><a href="/wiki/Vice_Media" title="Vice Media">Vice</a></i>, wrote that in contrast to Instagram, which presents an unattainable view of people's lives, BeReal instead "makes everyone look extremely boring".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Niklas Myhr, a professor of social media at <a href="/wiki/Chapman_University" title="Chapman University">Chapman University</a>, argued that depth of engagement may determine whether the app is a passing trend or has "staying power". Kelsey Weekman, a reporter for <i><a href="/wiki/BuzzFeed_News" title="BuzzFeed News">BuzzFeed News</a></i>, noted that the app's unwillingness to "glamorise the banality of life" made it feel "humbling" in its emphasis on authenticity.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Niloufar Haidari for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> comments similarly that where the app succeeds in being "drab" in perhaps a positive way, it fails in potentially "un-inspiring" users.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, Dr. Brad Ridout, a behavioral psychologist at the University of Sydney, emphasizes that the "boring" experience is what the creators are targeting for the app and, in response to Instagram's platform of flawlessness, that "perfection is the enemy of happiness".<sup id="cite_ref-Anthony_Segaert_2022,_pp._2_-_1_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anthony_Segaert_2022,_pp._2_-_1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticisms">Criticisms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some people regularly post after the two-minute notification expires, leading to some criticism of the app, as the ability to post late undermines its aims of authenticity.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, BeReal's daily two-minute window has been argued to contribute to social media fatigue and a need for self-exposure, as well as constant access to phones.<sup id="cite_ref-:132_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeReal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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