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The “In Real Life” app is shutting down because it “it didn’t have real users.”
When we checked out IRL in 2021, the company claimed to have 12 million monthly active users, and The Information reports that lately, it’s put the number at 20 million. Now, the outlet reports, the board of directors of the Softbank-backed company has concluded 95 percent of those were fake. A spokesperson said it will shut down and return capital to shareholders.
IRL’s founder and CEO Abraham Shahi has been suspended for the last two months for the alleged misconduct.
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