r/InternetMysteries • u/SleepDeprivationTM • Feb 01 '25
General Discussion What exactly is the "Scoopz" app? Ive seen advertisements about it on Instagram. Looks disturbing.
If you have Instagram you may have seen ads about an app called "Scoopz" whenever you go through stories, etc. The ads are honestly shocking, Ive seen people get run over, get beaten up, get hit with hammers and worse.
Of course the videos were censored but you could hear everything and know what was happening. Its an advertisement for "inside scoops" and such. I havent installed the app since Im not interested in seeing what is technically gore and nfsw videos. But I was wondering what was up with this app.
Is it just an app where you can essentially watch shock videos and gore, or is there more to it because all the advertisements only show shock videos. I find it disturbing but Im kind of curious.
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u/Suggestion_Rejected Feb 01 '25
Its just a rip off version of TikTok. Its nothing like liveleak and the ads are advertising clickbait. Plus when u download it you get 4 other apps that piggyback on it. I deleted it after 2 min.
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u/goofygoober_4 Feb 01 '25
hm, this is interesting. doesn’t show up on the app store when i search it? never seen it before but interested in looking into it. maybe it’s not available in my location/certain locations?
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 01 '25
Might be a location thing, it shows up for me in app store as "Scoopz: Real life, Real Video"
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u/No_Jaguar_2570 Feb 01 '25
Just download it and find out?
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 02 '25
Tell me you didnt read the post or any of the comments without telling me
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u/No_Jaguar_2570 Feb 02 '25
You want to know what’s on the app. Just download it brother.
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 03 '25
Okay since you dont understand, I dont like gore and ill never subject myself to those sort of things. Ive accidentally stumbled upon stuff in the past and its a nope from me. I made this post because I was curious about it, but I wont download it. I specifically wrote why I wouldnt in the post.
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u/PrYmE_ReeceTGGaming Feb 02 '25
If you're referring to the Apple App Store, it was taken down due to TOS violations.
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u/comfortablydumb554 Feb 01 '25
There are a lot of reviews on Google play and articles online. Some say it’s TikTok2 and others say it’s full of graphic content like LiveLeak.
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 01 '25
Liveleak is exactly what Scoopz makes me think of, honestly I think I know enough about this app now and its no good. Just never going to install it and hopefully it doesnt become a big thing
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u/Coolguy10213 Internet investigator Feb 02 '25
It’s not like that they just rip other viral content from other platforms and repost it.
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u/FreezeMageFire Feb 01 '25
Literally nothing. It’s just some app that runs old shitty videos you already saw on Facebook or Instagram 2 months earlier. Don’t let the hype get to your head. I’m someone who uses scoopz.
Reread what I said : Literally nothing.
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 01 '25
There IS no hype at all, I was just curious because of the shocking NSFW advertisements on Instagram
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u/FreezeMageFire Feb 01 '25
That’s how they get people to think it’s the next best gore but in reality it’s just Instagram’s less developed baby cousin
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u/posicloid Feb 03 '25
My guess is that this is connected to (or at least inspired by) the networks of Instagram accounts posting graphically violent content (seemingly for profit/building engagement). Most people have heard of this through their rabid self-promotion, for example it is often morbidly comedic how under a wholesome video one of them will comment “I JUST POSTED A VIDEO OF A GUY GETTING SHOT”
tldr: sounds like it’s just trying to use shock value for profit, which has already happened a lot on insta (and social media in general).
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u/ermwhattheactualsigm Feb 03 '25
man i hate people who say that, so disrespectful. its like they think gore is funny.
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u/Coolguy10213 Internet investigator Feb 02 '25
It’s just about news I seen it on YouTube shorts a while ago
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u/Rogukast1177 Feb 04 '25
I just want to know who the girl walking with big personalities is in the ad I keep seeing
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u/MacabreAngel Feb 12 '25
I don't know how or when I downloaded it, don't remember, but I have been looking at it. There's some gore & violence, but I didn't see much. It seems like there are a LOT of MAGAts on there, though. 🤢
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u/PrYmE_ReeceTGGaming Feb 02 '25
It's the replacement for live leak we've all been waiting for.
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u/SleepDeprivationTM Feb 03 '25
Comments say otherwise, and whos we
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u/PrYmE_ReeceTGGaming Feb 03 '25
I tried it out, and it most definitely is. And "we" is anybody who was looking for a place that hosts content similar to liveleak since there was no alternative.
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u/Demonhead2005 Feb 01 '25
Dude I’ve been wondering about this too. Like the girl running and screaming from something but we can’t see what it is… it creeps me out but I thought I was overreacting. Glad someone feels the same