Are your friends killing your social (media) life?

New social media platform promotes privacy, free expression...and better friendships

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Feb 04, 2016, 07:02 ET

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Greater intimacy and happiness is possible on social media -- if you just dump most of your friends. That's the message this International Friendship Month (February) from a new social media platform launching today called Just10. A new University of Oxford study suggests that no matter how many online followers or friends, the average person only has 4 REAL friends. One careless or ill-advised social media post can literally ruin your life or career, meaning many say little of substance for fear of recrimination. Just10 protects you by allowing you to choose just 10 friends and ensuring that all data disappears after 10 days. It will never make members' data public-facing or searchable; it's ad-free, and it will never sell or rent subscriber information.

Newsfeeds are the WORST: the same memes over and over, and people pretending they have perfect lives and you don't. And then there's the overshare with the totally wrong people. Not to mention the risk. Lives and careers have been ruined by posting the wrong thing online. Just10 was created by people who believed that better social networking was possible. All it takes is surrounding yourself with your closest friends and eliminating all data in 10 days. Because some things SHOULD be private.

Tired of feeling watched and judged online, the team decided to build a better social network.

Just10 is a new social network that lets you connect more meaningfully with your closest friends. Most people have only a handful of REAL friends. So in a world where one wrong social post can ruin your life, and criminals thrive on your personal data, all those extra "friends" can actually be liabilities. Just10 also features Meactions, personalized commenting icons that people can upload themselves taking them way beyond the "Like" button. Why have Reactions when you can have Meactions?

Fred Ghahramani is a tech entrepreneur, privacy advocate and the CEO and Founder of Just10.

Just10 also takes free expression well past the "Like" button. It offers Meactions, commenting icons that allow for a range of emotions and responses to what people post. While there are stock Meactions available, unlike any other social network, people are also quickly and easily able to upload their own pictures, even of their own faces, so they can offer highly personalized and tailored responses and comments. Why settle for Reactions when you can have Meactions?

"We felt that it was impossible for people to freely express themselves if everyone in the world is watching and judging," said Frederick Ghahramani, who over the past decade has built and invested in start-ups that have generated billions in product sales, but who is also a father, and mindful of the day his own kids will be online. "I don't want my kids' futures undone by something stupid they might say in the heat of the moment. And I want them to have a safe space online where they can freely express their ideas and opinions, without fear of being profiled and tracked by advertisers looking to exploit their data, hiring managers looking to profile their personalities, or even jealous exes."

Reports of security breaches at major retailers, health insurance companies, and financial institutions are also a concern, along with online fraud, which costs billions every year in North America alone. Given the ubiquitous nature of end user data collection, and the default public nature of most social networks, some social media wounds are completely self-inflicted.

Just10 is designed for anyone who does or should value privacy, including parents who don`t want to put their children at risk, anyone who has or wants a job, business people, activists and change makers, journalists, politicians, celebrities, and anyone else who might find that expressing a personal opinion or picture could come back to haunt them. It's also for anyone worried about their information being used against them by criminals through data breaches and internet fraud.

Just10 is now open to everyone; its launch campaign features fun videos like this one: http://js.tn/MeBL9A and memes that highlight the dangers of oversharing on social media.

In response to concerns about social media privacy, Just10 offers protections and restrictions other social media networks lack, leading to greater freedom of expression and intimacy amongst friends. Just10 is a safe place to share personal information because members choose only the 10 people they trust the most. Just10 will never advertise to its subscribers, nor will it ever sell or rent its subscribers' information. No posts are public-facing or searchable, and all data will disappear after 10 days. Just10 also features Meactions, which allow subscribers to upload pictures (including of their own faces with various expressions) to act as comment. For more information visit http://just10.com or download Just10 on your mobile phone.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Excellent b-roll, art, campaign videos (cleared for editorial use), pre-recorded sound bite interview with Ghahramani (questions written out), campaign stills, full media kit etc.

INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE with GHAHRAMANI, a privacy advocate who can offer consumer and business tips on protecting yourself online.

Two ways to download EPK/media kit:

Brandfolder: https://brandfolder.com/just10/
Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ijd6mryic5vuj5v/AADL51Rgk_AHEk2w6tsMsJ37a?dl=0

Other Critical links:
YouTube 1^st video: http://js.tn/MeBL9A or https://youtu.be/OGOgVy54AOU
Just10: http://just10.com

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