How it works
Lemon8 opens onto a For You tab showing recommended posts. Users can switch between topics like Accessories or Home skills and search for accounts or hashtags (like #fashion). Following a user places their content in the Following tab. To post, users choose themed templates and add photos or videos. They can add text, filters, locations, and hashtags. Others can like, share, or comment. New tools allow users to edit media and use artificial intelligence to generate post text.
If a user opens a post containing a video, the video automatically plays and the user can scroll down to continuously see more video posts (similar to how TikTok works).
Parental controls or safety settings available
Parental controls are accessed via a Supervision tool linked to a parent’s phone number. Parents can use this to:
• Set a teenager’s account to private
• Receive a text notification if supervision is disabled
Safety and wellbeing settings include notification of time spent in the app. Users can block, report and prevent comments on specific posts. Accounts can be public or private; private users approve followers to view content. Public accounts can limit post visibility to followers or keep them private. Users choose whether to share personal details like bios and profile photos.
