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[recollecters]

Welcome to Retrospec™, the last social media network you will ever need. You are one of the few selected to test this exciting new platform based on our cutting-edge algorithms. Less than two hundred invitations have gone out, and membership is not currently open to the public. However, we hope you will come to see how useful Retrospec™ is, given time. We have for your use a variety of features such as text, voice, video, and image posts. We encourage you to explore our many options. Anyway, now that the copypaste part is out of the way! Jim here, requesting you guys make your secret meetings a little more exciting. It's not like you're not trying with the whole "let's meet off the network!" dealio, but I have some serious concerns. For one thing, no secret handshakes or phrases? Not even dramatic meeting locations? The trying rating is about half a star if that. And I'm almost bored to tears with the whole back and forth about what's going on. Not bored enough to give you a cheat sheet, but still. I can't get myself taken off surveillance duty, so at least try to make it a little more exciting! You guys might like this wikihow. Later! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. Characters who have been in game for more than one month will find they can change their profile pictures; newcomers are locked into their first choice. At various points throughout the day users will be sent images of themselves from behind, regardless of where they are. There doesn't seem to be any way to catch whoever might be taking and sending these, however, especially since being alone in a room doesn't seem to be a deterrent.

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[matchbreaker]

If there's secret meetings I expect to be a part of them in future! Honestly, though, you make this sound so cloak and dagger, is this one of those big ARG type things I read about the other day? Is anyone using this I know?

[ Some time later in the day... ]

I'm going to pursue a lawyer, these photos constitute criminal harassment, Mr. Halloway.

[ And some time in the middle of the night:

Does anyone have *flattering* pictures of themselves now, at least?

[complementing]

so on a scale of quadruple layer that stuff to get the tin foil hat Minako

how much of a good idea would it be to tape over the camera on my phone and laptop

I'm sure Jim would find a way around it, perverts ALWAYS find a way

but anything to deter him, right?? (￣□￣;) even though I'll miss taking snapchats

also hi to all our newbies, I'm sure you have a lot of questions, so feel free to ask anything (￣^￣)ゞ

[frisyr]

Emil Västerström: Only 200? That's barely a beta.
Emil Västerström: Also yeah I guess it's cool there's video but I'd like to report a bug, like I can't even change my profile picture, do you have a support page or something?
Emil Västerström: Ok, I tried to change it to the pictures you keep sending me but that's not working either, and can you please stop sending them? This is really annoying!!!

[ghostdrives]

Maybe I should be flattered to be trying something new out. But isn't beta testing something you have to sign up for?

If I'm going to have some ridiculous viral app on my phone, it would be nice to be able to change the name at least. [Because her name has to be some stupid joke, right? Right?]

[LATER ON...]

Photos of me in class are one thing. But in the pool??!

[judicatus]

Noah Gabranth And the privacy violations just keep adding up.
Noah Gabranth For their own sake, I should hope Retrospec Incorporated has one hell of a legal team on their payroll.

[flexer]

To be honest this feels like I'm in a really bad anime.

What's the point in prying into our lives like this?

[crudest]

1. how do i swipe left on this entire app
2. jimmy, confirm or deny: do you have free time because your proposal got turned down
3. holy shit he's right though all of these posts are fucking embarrassing i hope none of you want to be spies or anything

[did baren show up late because he started scrolling back through a metric shitton of retrospec posts

yes

hope no one he knows has anything embarrassing on here]

[aegist]

on the one hand, i'm glad i'm not cindy clawford any more. on the other hand, why do we keep adding people to the stupidity that is our lives with random posts from this asshole?

psa: if you're now worried about the smiling fruit, rest assured it isn't poisonous. just unsettling. also, save yourself and never scroll back to see this guy's last post.

more importantly, who caught the latest episode of torts & tribulations?

[livingdeadgirl]

Ami Aihara wait what do you mean "surveillance"? I am emphatically not ok with that!
and also I'm 99% sure it's flagrantly illegal >:(

[and later...]

Ami Aihara ok this is seriously not funny anymore!
somebody keeps sending me pictures of myself, but I can't see anybody following me
should I call the police??? because ngl I am getting pretty freaked out right now O_O

[me_matey]

[seventhprogenitor]

[Oooh, delightful. He loves exclusive things. It's almost like he's part of a club! One he didn't even have to sign up for!

The pictures are a little odd, admittedly, but whatever. Ferid doesn't mind looking at himself from behind, he's kind of using it to see how new clothes fit on him anyway.]

Oh, you aren't even trying to get my best side with these! Though it is quite flattering... and rather useful as well.

Has anyone else captured a ghost in theirs? I would like to think that everyone obtained such interesting shots as my own!

[liberal_arts]

In all honesty, I'm a bit used to paparazzi at this point in my life, but I have to say not even they are this bold.

I'd invite you to a polite conversation over this indiscretion, but I'm afraid it's obvious to us both you have no intention of accepting.

How inelegant. Your photographer needs to go back to school.

[foretellable]

I don't feel comfortable with this. :/

A lot of things don't make sense here?? What's happening???

[huxceptional]

[What the fuck. He hates social media apps why is this junk on his phone. More importantly, WHY ARE THERE PICTURES...]

Tell me how to delete this malware off my phone. I'm not interested in whatever degrading activities you're advertising here.

[This is so weird, it's not like he visits strange websites or anything like that!!]

[overtwohundred]

cool story bro
and not a colossal waste of my valuable time
don't you have something better to do than be a condescending douche

hey everyone our good buddy jim likes to get his rocks off watching people
that's totally not creepy

[thesettingsun]

So, not to repeat the hundred other 'get this off my phone because it's creepy' messages, has anyone tried replacing their phone yet?

I'd do it myself but I just got that UR I really wanted and I'll actually die if I have to lose my file.

[botamochi]

is this real life? i'm guessing you guys who are having these secret meetings aren't doing very well at keeping them discreet.

request: i would like to change my profile pic to my dog. thank you.

[ and... well, he got photos of himself ]

EDITED: in some ways, i feel violated. in other ways, i'm not sure if this is the weirdest thing to happen to me at this point.

i think we should all wear masks. someone recommend me one that isn't a paper bag.

[elevelvetor]

[ well this is. new. it's not as if she's against new apps or anything like that, and scrolling through the newest posts—it seems as if there's enough people wondering what's going on. or they seem to have an idea of it.

she makes a mental note to reply to them in a bit. for now though: ]

my, how fun.
i hope you are having a good time watching me roleplay! please don't tell anyone about the faces i make when i'm trying to figure out how to describe an expression my character wears.
oh, but since your pictures are from behind, i suppose you aren't paying attention to that.
never mind.

regardless. fellow retrospec users! hello. if you are having secret meetings, would it be possible to join a mailing list for it or something, to keep updated on what goes on there? i am a little interested in attending now that i am aware you all are having them, however i am
occupied
so to speak.

finally, thank you "jim" for the invitation. i would have liked to be notified beforehand, as well as pick out a name for myself--i believe "halloway legrande" would be a wonderful character to play on this thing--but i will take what i will get, i suppose.
perhaps you could install a paid feature for those of us that would like to change our usernames?
given your customer service nature, i doubt you will get back to me on this in any timely manner.

i suppose that is all i wanted to post. thank you for your time, everyone.
parting is such sweet sorrow!

[sivard]

Okay, for real, what is this bullshit?
It's creepy as hell to download things on people's phone without their consent or knowledge. This has got to be illegal.

[truedetective]

This feels like as germane an opportunity as any to ask for advice.

Perhaps against my better judgment, I adopted a dog.



As I live alone, I thought he might be a good companion. While he certainly has been, he is... energetic. And very strong. I find it difficult to control him while on a leash, and so taking him for a walk inevitably turns into him taking me for a walk.

Please advise.

Also, his name is Kanji.

[saltsplash]

spDr. Arataka Reigen @aratakareigen spWhat is this spam app, why can't I find it on the app store?

spDr. Arataka Reigen @aratakareigen spSomeone tell me how to delete this

spDr. Arataka Reigen @aratakareigen spI'M GOING TO FILE A RESTRAINING ORDER

[b0mbshell]

Please don't tell me this is a warning that I'll find my GPS deleted from my phone. At this rate I almost expect it to be. Plus who the hell navigates by contour lines anymore?

[trappingheart]

hey open letter to this "jim" motherfucker, if that IS your real name (its probably not, asshole) if you're gonna take pictures of my art at least have the common decency to wait until its finished?!?! obviously its gonna look like shit when its not even done yet who the hell do you think you are?!
don't talk to me or my gang ever again

fuck. now i'm not even in the mood to paint anymore thanks a lot jackass now poor andy's deli is gonna be stuck with a half-finished skyline

[physix]

This is totally bizarre.

How on earth do they keep taking images of us like that? I don't like being watched....it's creepy.

[MORE THAN JUST CREEPY...to be honest.]

Someone tell me this is just a dream. I'm not ready to accept what's happening yet. We weren't given a choice. It's unfair.

[ Too bad life is unfair. ]

[rhapsodeity]

oh give me a break!
the point of a secret society would be to keep it off retrospec so who are you to act like we arent doing just that????
you would be part of the populace we would be hiding it from!!!!
but i guess you are asking to play hardball XO
fine!
i will play this stupid game of yours, who else wants to shove it down jims stinky gross nasty terrible icky gullet????