In Russia, a beta version of the Now application, an analogue of the blocked social network Instagram, has been launched (it is included in the list of prohibited resources by Roskomnadzor). The Now application was created by a team led by Dmitry Marinin, a former employee of Yandex.Music and Yandex.Cloud.
“Now is an app that allows you to share photos with friends and family. You can also find clients for your business here, ”the official website of the social network reports. The beta version of the app is available for IOS and Android.
The novelty is positioned as a full-fledged analogue of the banned social network. It has all the familiar features: feed, comments, likes, user profiles, subscriptions, search, and so on. At the moment, the application is working, more than 5,000 users have already registered on the network.
Earlier, the media wrote about the launch on March 28 of another new social network, Rossgram. It was reported that it will work in test mode until April, and then it will become available to everyone. A fellow student of Dmitry Durov, Alexander Zobov, was called the founder of the new social network. The network is currently down.
*Instagram – banned by Roskomnadzor as owned by Meta Platforms, recognized as extremist in Russia.