# Confidential Mobile Social Apps The WeLiv App Lets You Decide Privacy Settings Per 'Bubble' By Alyson Wyers | Published 2017-06-28 | Social Media Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/weliv-app References: [betalist](https://betalist.com/startups/weliv) & [goweliv](https://www.goweliv.com/) The WeLiv app is a new [social network](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communia) that encourages you to "share your world in bubbles." Based in France, the startup is currently in beta. With the mobile social app, you can create a 'bubble' and choose who can see it based on followers or [location](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snapchat-home-safe). Within a bubble, you can post pictures and share the space with the people you want. Every bubble has its theme, confidentiality settings and followers, giving it an exceptionally flexible design. This means you don't have to decide if your WeLiv app profile is public or private as a whole -- you can decide per bubble. Although it has yet to launch, the social media platform is an example of how [privacy settings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waterflow-diary) can be customized more easily. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 18% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Social Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/socialmedia) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Customizable Privacy Settings:** The WeLiv app showcases the trend of allowing users to personalize privacy settings for individual content bubbles. - **Flexible Design:** The WeLiv app demonstrates the trend of creating social media platforms with highly adaptable and customizable features. - **Location-based Sharing:** The WeLiv app taps into the trend of enabling users to share content with specific individuals or groups based on proximity. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Social Networking:** The WeLiv app is part of the social networking industry, and its customizable privacy settings could inspire other platforms to follow suit. - **Mobile Applications:** The WeLiv app belongs to the mobile applications industry, and its flexible design provides an opportunity for other mobile apps to offer more customization options. - **Privacy Technology:** The WeLiv app showcases how privacy technology can be improved by allowing users to choose who can see their content in different contexts. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Customizable Friendship-Forging Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iradius-networking-app.md) - [Private Sharing Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waffle.md) - [Trust-Based Networking Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/authentic-connections.md) - [Private Social Photo Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retro-app.md) - [Healthy Social Media Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/healthy-social-media-app.md) - [Safe Stranger Chat Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whisperly-app.md) - [Focused Social Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lastweekend.md) - [Community Social Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beezle-social.md) - [Invite-Only Social Medias](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lapse.md)