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Flush

Now in a closed early alpha!

Flush is a smartphone-exclusive photo-sharing social media platform that aims to foster genuine online connections by focusing on real-time sharing of activities without filters or image editing. The platform will prevent screenshots and delete all posts within 24 hours, encouraging users to live in the moment. 

With unique features such as no filters, no editing, no long-lasting post history, prevention of screenshots and recordings, and private comment threads, Flush seeks to fundamentally move away from the manufactured and fake aspects of the social media world. There is no point in getting to know someone unless it's the real them, and Flush is positioned to be the pioneer of genuine and authentic online connections. 

Unique Features

  • You will NOT be able to edit your images or add filters to them. If you're going to post, it has to be authentic! 
  • How can you prevent the embarrassment of a bad hair day or a picture that might not be its best without editing? Flush will NOT allow any screenshots, screen recordings, or screen mirroring, keeping all the content within the app (except for marketing purposes). 
  • All posts will be deleted after 24 hours unless the poster deletes them earlier. There isn't a backlog of posts to look back on—you are living in the moment, and when that moment has passed, it's flushed away, never to be seen again. 
  • Comments are a private thread between the poster and the commenter, visible only to the two of you. No more engagement farming in the comments or fear of commenting due to others being able to see it. 

Technical Breakdown

The database used is Google Firebase, and the content is fetched directly from the database instead of using a CDN due to a lack of funds at this time. It might not be the best solution to fetch images from the database directly all the time, and it's certainly slower, but it's surprisingly good—and free. 


Flush is 8,207 lines of code and counting.

I'm hoping it doesn't take another 8,207 lines to optimize and fix everything, but with the way the Alpha is going, it looks like it might! 


How can an app prevent screenshots?

Well, I can't give away the secrets to my most valuable unique feature, but it's quite crazy to try and screenshot a view of content and end up with only a blank screenshot. I mean, just look at the screenshot below. It's like there's nothing there. 

Top Secret Early Alpha Screenshots!

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