Model Mayhem

If you create an app that behaves like Instagram used to be ( a photographers paradise where we could show off our work ) this app will be great. There’s a void because IG is removing our photos, we need a safe space. It’s frustrating that the upload limit is 1M. This is why I stopped using the app tbh. This was the deal breaker for me. I’m a photographer. My phone is full of my work ( which I use to post to Instagram). If I would be able to upload larger photos I would use the app all the time. We’re in modern times ( my toaster takes photos that are more than 1M). That’s a sarcastic jab but also has truth to it.

In an age where Model Mayhem struggles to remain relevant against heavyweights like Instagram, this app just confirms that MM is on the way out. There are so many bugs or broken features that it's not even worth the effort. The entire app is laggy. Photos don't display correctly, often cutting off the model's head. The feed consistently shows the same photos and seems to not ever get refreshed. If you do click on an image in the feed and then hit the "back" button, the feed automatically goes back to the top, forcing you to scroll past all the other images again just to continue scrolling. Sometimes there will be a "!" mark in a bubble, which on any other app in the world means to click on that mark for more information or an explanation of the warning or error. But in this app you just see the little warning with no further options. Press on it all you want but nothing is going to happen. And the list of issues goes on and on. I discontinued my premium membership on MM a few years ago due to poor customer service, but have maintained my presence on the site hoping the platform would remain relevant. This app, however, just seems to confirm its demise. For any young model or photographer just starting out, here's some advice: don't waste your time with this terrible app. Stick to Instagram.

The app doesn't months showing me a total of the same five pictures on the main feed. There must have been an update along the way because I actually have a feed I can scroll through now, but there seems to be no rhyme of reason to the photos I'm being shown. Not from photographers I know. Not models I know. Pretty often, it's groupings of 6 photos that are simply variations of the same photographer, model, and pose. The app would be worth it though, for the travel notifications which would arguably be my most frequent stop, except is utterly useless. I'm in Massachusetts and no matter what radius I set, I'm seeing postings for Chicago, Los Angeles, Canada, Oslo Norway... If you're geographically challenged, none of those are within 25 miles of me. It's like the app that was released was a collection of placeholders for ideas of things they someday WANT to include in the app, but it wasn't real important to release them in any particular sense of being functional.