1 Path
Path started out as an intimate way to stay in touch with family and close friends. It has since evolved to allow users to post publicly and explore others’ posts; but, the genera idea is still the same.
Path keeps it simple while still providing users a wide range of options. Users can easily tell friends what popular content they’re enjoying (music, TV, movies, and books), share their location, upload photos and video clips, create a story, share a thought, and even log when they wake up or go to sleep, all by pressing the share (“+”) icon and selecting one of six icons.
Users can share on a number of different levels: Public, friends, “Inner Circle,” and private. The inner circle consists only of favorited friends, while private posts are similar to a journal. Path works as a journaling app in the sense that it keeps track of both private and shared moments. Additionally, posts can be shared to a variety of other social services including Facebook, Twitter, and Swarm.
Want to like a photo or post? There are many options to choose from: Users can smile, laugh, express surprise, show sadness, or love a post. Posts can also be tagged with hashtags or user tags. Like many social platforms, Path also allows direct messaging, sharing of posts (“repathing”), and adding stickers and filters to posts.