A Bangladeshi Instagram alternative for sharing your photos
If you love sharing photos, Be Social gives them a home built in Bangladesh. Put several photos in one post and they sit together in a neat grid. Add a place and a hashtag, keep the small everyday moments in a 24-hour story, and gather it all on a profile that looks like you. It works on besocial.bd in any browser and in the Android app, in Bangla or English, and the account is free.
A photo sharing app made in Bangladesh
People search for a Bangladeshi Instagram because they want to share pictures with people who understand them. The gaye holud at a cousin's wedding, the first day at university in Rajshahi, a plate of fuchka on a Dhanmondi footpath, rain falling on the paddy fields back home.
Be Social is a social network made in Bangladesh, and photos sit at the centre of it. It works on low-cost phones and slow connections, and there is a data saver for the days when your mobile data pack is running low.
Post several photos at once, in a grid
One photo rarely tells the whole story. On Be Social you can add several photos to a single post, and they appear together in a grid. A weekend in the tea gardens of Sreemangal, a family Eid lunch, or the before and after of a room you painted all fit in one post instead of ten.
Each post can carry a caption, hashtags and a place. Friends will see that you checked in at Cox's Bazar, or at your grandmother's village in Bogura.
- Several photos in one post, shown as a grid
- Captions in Bangla or English, with Bangla typing help: type "ami" and pick আমি
- Hashtags and a check-in place on any post
- Reactions, comments and shares from your friends and followers
Stories for the moments that do not need to stay
Not every picture needs to live on your profile. Stories last for 24 hours, which makes them right for the small things: tea at the tong stall, a long jam on the Mohakhali flyover, a new panjabi bought the night before Pohela Boishakh.
The photos you want to keep go up as posts and stay on your profile. Your Media tab keeps your photos and videos together in one place.
A profile that feels like yours
Your profile has a cover photo, a bio and an About section where you can add work, education, city and family, only as much as you want to share.
Reactions go beyond a simple like. There is Like, Love, Care, Sad, Angry and Shabaash (শাবাশ), a Bangla reaction for when a friend's photo deserves real praise. Pages and verified profiles can also choose a profile song that plays when someone opens the profile, so a singer can greet visitors with her latest track.
Verified badges for real people and Pages
A blue verified badge next to a name helps people tell the real account from a copy. Photographers, artists, public figures and brands can request verification, and both verified people and verified Pages show the badge.
If you run a small boutique, a home bakery or a nakshi kantha business, a Page lets you post product photos as the business, list your phone number, email, website and address, and bring in admins and editors to help you manage it.
Control who sees your photos
Every post can be Public, Followers, Friends or Only me, so you decide whether a photo is for the whole country or just your circle. You can also lock your profile. When it is locked, people who are not your friends cannot save your photos.
If someone bothers you, block, mute or restrict them, turn on the hidden words filter, and report posts or people. Two-factor authentication with an authenticator app, and alerts when your account signs in on a new device, help keep the account in your hands.
How to start sharing photos on Be Social
Sign up with a Bangladeshi phone number, which gets an SMS code, or with an email address. Be Social is for adults aged 18 and over. On Android, download the app from besocial.bd/download/besocial.apk. There is no iPhone app, so on an iPhone open besocial.bd in your browser and use it there.
Be Social is independent and not affiliated with Instagram.
Questions people ask
Is there a Bangladeshi alternative to Instagram?
Be Social is a social network made in Bangladesh where you can share multi-photo posts, 24-hour stories and a full profile, in Bangla or English. It runs on the website besocial.bd and in an Android app.
Can I put more than one photo in a single post?
Yes. Add several photos to one post and they appear together in a grid, along with your caption, hashtags and a place if you want one.
Can strangers save my photos on Be Social?
If you lock your profile, people who are not your friends cannot save your photos. You can also set each post to Public, Followers, Friends or Only me.
How do I get the blue verified badge?
People and Pages can request verification. Once verified, the blue badge appears next to the name on the profile or Page.
Is there a Be Social app for iPhone?
No. On an iPhone, open besocial.bd in your browser. On Android you can install the app from besocial.bd/download/besocial.apk.
Does it cost anything to share photos?
No. A Be Social account is free, and so is posting photos and stories.
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