shcked (pronounced "shocked") is a brand new, multifacted, versatile entry in the somewhat packed social network community. Unlike many of our counterparts however, the intention behind shcked is to offer quick, seamless and just a really simple means of communicating your message from A to B.
It was created, launched and is currently maintained by just two individuals, Mike Varrie and Simon Butcher, both lifelong residents of the United Kingdom and, for over 20 years, have been devoted fans of coding, building cool new things and social media. Yeah, no doubt we're feeling our age.
Collectively we had become heavy users of common social media services and absolutely enjoyed our time using such platforms, but as that time continued passing we believed that those very platforms were becoming strange and unfamiliar, and ultimately no longer reflected our needs from social media.
We believed that the strength of the text message and the use of static, no-frills imagery, as a means of communicating with friends, family and followers, needed restoring and repurposing. While understanding the direction that other platforms have been heading in, with the use of more advanced tools including videos, 'reels' and advanced photography manipulation, we couldn't get on-board.