Exeter student celebrates ‘I would for a grand’ competition win

 Following an exciting competition run by new social media app Yubl, Nishad Rai, from Exeter University won the top prize of £1,000 after saying he would “get a bikini wax” for a grand.

Nish received the most votes on Yubl for his mad idea. He has already spent his winnings on a blow out with friends at the Hotel Du Vin, thanks to Yubl. It has become the ‘hot app’ of the last few months and continues to grow in numbers exponentially each day.

Yubl breaks the mould of current social apps to make your interaction more like a real conversation – it’s great for groups of friends chatting or organising events with interactive voting and location buttons so you can stay closer to the people and things you love.
Yubl is free to download from the App Store and Google Play.

Started by Psygnosis co-founder Jonathan Ellis, who developed the first PlayStation, its roots are firmly in the fun side of communication technology. Ellis states that his intent wasn't to gamify messaging, but to "bring users closer to the people and things they love".

Yubl combines many of the best features from existing social media platforms. Like Line or WhatsApp, you can connect with your friends in groups, share pictures and 10-second video. And like Snapchat, you can put stickers over your pics and search for brands to follow.

However, its uniqueness lies is in its functional buttons and instant peer-to-peer connectivity. At launch, Yubl will be debuting 5 buttons: Vote, Link, Whereabouts, Pinpoint and the custom Count button.

Vote will allow you to post a picture or video with a question, letting other people select one of two options.
Link lets you add your links to your content- useful for us.
Whereabouts lets you share your location on a amp with friends, and updates in real time.
Pinpoint lets you give a particular address that people can then register to by tapping on the icon. Helpful for when you and your friends need to choose a meetup point.
Lastly is the Count button, a single “number count” which works like the Vote button but with only one option.