Social Media App Lets You Live Vicariously Through Friends' Experiences



"There just really isn't a way to share an entire experience [on social media]," Rosalie Bartlett, co-founder and CEO of Vycarious, told Mashable. " With Twitter, it's tiny, tiny snippets. They've broken it down into moments; they've condensed it, but there's no organization."

That's why Bartlett believes the app, which launched last Friday, can survive in the increasingly crowded arena of social media.

"I think it's going to be just really a platform to kind of learn about the world and let others learn about experiences," Bartlett said. "From what I've seen is, people who are signing up now, they feel like they need to go out and do stuff so they can share it on their apps."

Vycarious already has a waiting list for Android users, with travel and do-it-yourself communities embracing the app, she added. As Vycarious catches on, Bartlett said she hopes that people will expand their definition of "experience," and see that it can include everything from growing up in rural Kansas to going on a first date.


Image: Flickr, Yutaka Tsutano

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