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An oddball new app called Palmsy lets you post to a social media network full of adoring followers who only exist in your imagination. Whether used as a journaling app with a fresh twist or a nicotine patch equivalent for social media addiction, Palmsy prevents the real world from ever seeing your \u201cposts,\u201d storing them on-device, offline and private.<\/p>\n
Palmsy\u2019s App Store description says it \u201clets you make little posts for yourself.\u201d And, at its core, that\u2019s all you\u2019re doing. As for why you\u2019d want to do such a thing, people who have trouble with typical journaling<\/a> or mind-mapping<\/a> apps may find it a more inspiring framework. Or, if your social posting habit has gotten out of hand (or you want a break from it for any other reason), it could serve as a way to wean yourself off and give you the dopamine hit without sharing anything publicly.<\/p>\n One clever wrinkle from developer Pat Nakajima is that the app imports your contacts to generate fake likes from them. As pointed out<\/a> by TechCrunch<\/em>, Nakajima wrote<\/a> on Threads that nothing leaves your device or is posted to your contacts, the app\u2019s servers or anywhere else. \u201cIt\u2019s just pretend,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n If seeing fake likes from real contacts feels a bit too weird, a recent update added the ability to limit the number of faux likes your posts get. You can also set caps on how long you receive them, ranging from a few seconds to a few days.<\/p>\n The app is free and iOS-only<\/a>, including iPhone and iPad variants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n