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Photella creates photo chronicles of places and events from what people share.

How’s this different from other photo sharing apps? Photella organizes photos & videos based on where and when they were taken, and not when they were posted like Instagram, FB, etc. This creates an accurate visual chronology of what happened in a place.

Share a photo or video on Photella and it’ll appear, along with other nearby photos, in a timeline based on when you took it (and also on a map). Combined with what other users share, you’ll get an accurate chronology of what happened there.

How it works: There’s no registration or login in Photella. Just share a photo or video from your phone, and Photella displays it in the right time sequence along with other photos and videos near it.

DANCE • MODELING • PHOTOGRAPHY • SPORTS • FOOD • HOBBIES • STUDENT LIFE

Photella is a great app for creating collective timelines of campus life, festivals, and dance and sports events. Share photos/videos of an activity you care about and you’ll immediately see what others posted in the same place and time. It’s easy and fast!

Just share one or more photos you already have and Photella auto-organizes them by where and when shot.

Photella is a new sharing paradigm, here’s how it works:

1. Explore:
   1. TIMELINES: Scroll through the thumbnails of recently updated timelines.
      • Each thumbnail indicates the city it’s in and the number of photos/videos near it.
      • Tap on a thumbnail to see that photo in its timeline.
   2. NEARBY: scroll through a crowd-sourced timeline of nearby photos & videos displayed by the date and time they were shot.
      • Move the map to see photo timelines of other locations!
      • Adjust the split-screen divider to minimize/maximize the map.
   3. BOARDS: Boards are collections of photos/videos created by Photella users.
      • You can search and follow public boards.
      • You can send announcements to your board’s followers.
2. Contribute:
   1. Tap on “New Post” to post a video clip or up to 10 photos at a time. Each photo/video is automatically added to the timeline of its location.
      • Photella’s photo-picker will help you find photos you already have from your current location or from the location of the map!
3. Interact:
   1. You can Like (or Dislike) other people’s photos (but not your own).
   2. You can comment on photos and reply to other people’s comments.
   3. You can Flag a photo you find offensive. It’ll disappear from your feed and we’ll delete it if it violates Photella’s Terms of Service.
   4. You can copy links to map locations, timelines, photos/videos, and boards to share with other people.

Usage Tips:

1. Photella is “socially anonymous”: it doesn’t show who posted a photo nor whether different photos were posted by the same person. It’s up to you what you want to say in captioning your photos.
2. Within a photo, each person that comments is represented by a number indicating the order they first commented on the photo. The original poster always appears as “0” in a photo post.
3. You can delete comments you make on other people’s photos, and you can delete any comments made on your photos.
4. You cannot Like, Dislike, or Flag your own photos;)
5. Feel free to use # hashtags in captions and comments. They will be searchable in the future;)

Important note on anonymity:

We don’t recommend posting photos taken at your home.

Terms of Service

1. Photos of graphic violence or sexual nature are not permitted. They will be deleted and repeat offenders will be banned from posting on Photella. A ban is permanent and deleting and re-installing Photella doesn’t get around it.
2. Personal attacks are not permitted.

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Contact Us:
support at photella dot app