If Instagram, Pinterest, and Canva procreated, Lemon8 would be their hybrid offspring. This, at least, is the line being parroted by scores of TikTokers, a substantial but unknowable number of whom have been paid by Lemon8 to promote the app. Paid or unpaid, Lemon8 converts have been enthusiastically telling their followers that ByteDance’s newest social network is cute and wholesome, that it’s the next big thing (download immediately!), that it’s an app for true creators, and finally, that it’s the ultimate girl’s girl app — guys are free to use it, and plenty already do, but in its heart of hearts, Lemon8 is for the girlies.
