The Ultimate Guide to Using and Navigating Lemon8

Are you familiar with TikTok? If yes, then we are here to tell you that the parent company of TikTok has launched a new social media application: Lemon8, which appears to be a combination of popular social media applications to a lot of people. Since the application is comparatively new, not a lot of people know what is Lemon8. If you are also someone interested in learning more about this new app, then get ready, as this guide has the answers to all your queries.

Overview of Lemon8

Lemon8 is a video as well as photo-sharing social media app, sorta like Instagram. It lets you share posts with photos, videos, captions, and even product tags across categories such as fashion, beauty, travel, food, and wellness. You can also like, comment on other people’s posts, share links, and send direct messages to other users, which is pretty standard but still useful.

Lemon8 recommends content based on your interests. It also comes with content-making tools, so you can generate text and edit photos and videos right inside the app. Lemon8 says it uses moderation tools to remove content that doesn’t match its community guidelines, including stuff that promotes violent extremism and self-harm.  

Is Lemon8 similar to popular social media platforms?

Lemon8 has been described as a “mashup of the social media powerhouses Pinterest, TikTok and Instagram,” and if someone is the kind of person who’s loyal to any of those apps, they’ll probably be curious enough to try Lemon8 and see what’s different. Let’s do a quick comparison of each:

Lemon8 Vs TikTok  

Sure, Lemon8 has tabs for Following and For You, and it does dabble in photos and videos, but honestly the similarities stop pretty quickly. TikTok is mainly about video, while Lemon8 is mainly about photo content.

Even if both applications assist people in exploring and discovering things, it is not at all similar. Lemon8 feels more tied to connecting with your community, pulling in inspiration, and sharing recommendations. On TikTok, though, compared to Lemon8, there often seems to be more pressure to produce entertaining content and go viral for almost anything, even when you’re just posting casually.

Lemon8 Vs Pinterest  

Right now, Lemon8 offers lifestyle topics that feel close to what you’d find on Pinterest, and you can save them individually, plus add them into “collections,” which are pretty much like boards. Both these applications have different social engagement features, which make them different from one another.