A strange new app called Palmsy lets you post to a social network full of adoring followers who only exist in your imagination. Whether used as a journaling app with a new twist or as an equivalent nicotine patch for social media addiction, Palmsy prevents the real world from seeing your “posts”, storing them on the device, offline and privately.
Palmsy's App Store description says that it “allows you to make small posts of your own.” And, in essence, that's all you're doing. As for why you would want to do such a thing, people who have trouble with typical journaling or mind mapping apps may find it a more inspiring framework. Or, if your social media posting habit has gotten out of control (or you want to quit for any other reason), it could serve as a way to quit and give yourself a dopamine boost without sharing anything publicly.
A clever trick from developer Pat Nakajima is that the app imports your contacts to generate fake likes from them. As he pointed by TechCrunchNakajima wrote in Threads that nothing leaves your device or is published to your contacts, the app's servers, or anywhere else. “It's just a simulation,” she clarified.
If seeing fake likes from real contacts seems a little strange to you, a recent update added the ability to limit the number of fake likes your posts receive. You can also set limits on how long you receive them, from a few seconds to a few days.
The application is free and iOS onlyincluding iPhone and iPad variants.