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Jeremy Renner App was a free mobile app which serves the purpose of Hollywood actor Jeremy Renner connecting to and interacting with his fanbase. In August 2019, the app gained notoriety online due to a large number of troll accounts being active on it.

History

In March 2017, Hollywood actor Jeremy Renner launched a personal mobile app titled Jeremy Renner.^[1][2][3] The app, developed by escapex Limited, features a photo and video feed similar to Instagram, consisting of posts made by the actor, including content exclusive to the app.

Features

In Jeremy Renner, several feeds are available to users. The main feed features photo and video posts made by the actor, with users being able to comment on the posts and "star" them.

Fan feed allows users to upload their own photo and video posts and comment on posts made by other users.

Additionally, the app allows to make purchases of "stars" which can be used to increase the fan rank of your or another person's profile.

Troll Accounts

On August 20th, 2019, Twitter user @boring_as_heck made posted screenshots at his trolling activity on Jeremy Renner app (shown below).^[4] The tweet gained over 3,400 retweets and 29,000 likes in ten days. In the following days, @boring_as_heck made more posts about the app, writing that he had been shadowbanned on August 22nd.^[5]

In the following week, more Twitter users wrote about the app and reported that they had been writing troll comments on it, mostly those written under adopted names of Jeremy Renner and other famous persons. On August 28th, 2019, Twitter user @Knibbs wrote "the jeremy renner app is absolutely out of control," attaching a screenshot of a comment section made in the app (shown below, left).^[6]

On August 29th, 2019, Barstool Sports wrote about the troll activity on the app,^[7] with more media outlets reporting on it in the following hours. On the same day, Redditor line5guy inquired about the app in /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.^[8]

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