On February 13, the Gel App posted a message on Weibo that the company chose to take the initiative to remove from the app store and suspend the entry of new users. What happened to the "metaverse" social rookie after it quickly became popular?
"Meta-universe" social software became popular
Recently, the Gel App was listed and quickly became popular, and was regarded by netizens as a "meta-universe" social software. On February 11, the Gel App topped the AppStore China's all free app charts.
The Gel App is a virtual image social software that focuses on acquaintance social networking. Currently, users can perform AI face pinching, DIY images, and interact based on geographical location. Official introduction said that here, the Gel App records life with a Plog that only allows the release of photos of the day, no grouping, no blocking, no three days of visibility, to be the most authentic self. At the same time, only 50 close friends are allowed to be invited to reconstruct the most intimate online space.
User dressup page Source: Gel App
According to the Tianyancha APP, the company belonging to the Gel App is Beijing Yidian Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd., which is 100% owned by Beijing Yidian Wangju Technology Co., Ltd., which is also the company name of Yidian Information.
Denial of user privacy
On February 11, the day the Gel App "reached the top" of the list, the official Weibo released a statement to debunk the rumors.
The Gel App said that the recent online news said that "the Gel App has used the user's WeChat, QQ number and other private information". Such messages then spread, fermented, and raised concerns on multiple platforms.
The company said that after verification, the Jelly App and related services did not obtain the user's WeChat, QQ number and other unauthorized privacy information, and the online message was not true. The incident was an organized and systematic smear campaign by competitors against the Gel App. The company has collected relevant evidence and reported it to the police.
On February 13, the above-mentioned "leakage of user privacy" incident ushered in a follow-up.
In response to the infringing party's malicious fabrication and dissemination of false information, the company has entrusted a lawyer to preserve the evidence of the infringing information, and will take all legal measures including but not limited to filing a civil lawsuit, reporting to the relevant administrative department, and reporting to the public security organ for the relevant responsible entities that maliciously fabricate and disseminate false information. In the statement, the App also listed a number of Weibo account names.
Suddenly take it off the shelves
On the evening of the 13th, the Gel App posted a "letter to users" on Weibo. The company said that in recent days, the gel app has suffered a series of organized attacks, which have been maliciously rumored on major platforms. The company is resolutely defending its reputation and has taken decisive legal action.
In addition, the Gel App said that because the Caton problem has not been solved, delay, flashback, inability to enter and many other problems do exist, the company chose to take the initiative from the app store during the large-scale upgrade of the system, suspend new user entry, focus on improving the existing user experience.
Source: Gel App Weibo
(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)