As controversy swirls, social network Vero is closing in on 3 million users

Last week, three-year-old social network Vero had fewer than 150,000 downloads. As of today, it has nearly 3 million, driven by frustration with Instagram and a feature set that its founder says enables a more authentic form of self-expression.
But as the app has grown in popularity, the company and its founder have come under scrutiny. The arrival of millions of new users overwhelmed the company’s servers, rendering it all but unusable for much of this week. A controversy over Vero&rsquo