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CHANGED MY LIFE
SOCIAL MEDIA
Lujain Ali
Saif Aljabri
My story began in 2016 when I As everything in this world, this
moved to another school without story has two sides. YouNow has it,
my old friends. My friend Nicole too. I got the love and support from
introduced me to YouNow* because my fans and the people who actually
she was on it and she has a big amount care about me. However, I also gained
of followers there. So, I started my hatred from others
first account and streamed live who didn’t believe
everyday to talk to in me and who liked
people. In five to start a drama
months, I got between other
around 4 4 4 k YouNowers.
followers which
is insane. People In the end, I think
started to call me an YouNow changed me
influencer because I from a shy teenager who didn’t
spoke up about some have a lot of friend to one strong girl
serious topics that, as teenagers, we who believes in herself.
have problems talking about. My fans
were nice enough to give me advice * In 2015 “YOUNOW” started to get famous all around
the world for teenagers. “YOUNOW” is an app you can
about things that I didn’t really think download on your phone to live stream videos. We can
about. meet new people from around the world. Most YouTubers
use YouNow to communicate with their fans or followers.
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