VSCO’s filters have made the photo-editing app so popular, it’s now among the slang that has parents of teenagers scratching their heads. (What, exactly, is a VSCO Girl, anyways?) The filters, many ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. For now, at least, editing seems to be limited to coloring and grading an image.

Long before Instagram toyed with removing "likes," VSCO, an Oakland-based photo-sharing and editing app, built a community devoid of likes, comments and follower counts. Perhaps known to many only ...