These apps showed me that looking at my own photos is the best social media

Influencers, advertisers, friends of friends of friends. Social media is a great way to get mundane updates about people you don't know very well. Unfortunately, in 2020, it was one of the only ways to see into the lives of other human beings, so we scrolled and scrolled.

Amid this uninspiring landscape, one of the most entertaining and meaningful forms of "social" media has been hiding in your own smartphone all along: your camera roll. 

You just need the right tools. 

Camroll

Camroll is a project created by former Snapchat employees (and, full disclosure, friends and acquaintances of mine). Camroll, which launched in Apple's App Store in November, works by connecting to your photos app. There are a few tabs: "On this day," "Random," and "Camera Roll." Like TimeHop and Facebook before it, On This Day shows the photos taken on that day in years past. It showcases the photos in seemingly random order, however, so scrolling feels like hopping back and forth through time. Read more...