A new “social networking app” called Palmsy wants you to know that you don’t need to have thousands of followers or be a celebrity to get tons of likes on social media. In fact, it will send you all the likes you want. There’s just one problem: they’re fake.
However, like Parsi Not the only fake thing. While it looks like a social media app, it’s hard to call it a social media app when you’re essentially talking and interacting with yourself. You can post on Palmsy, but those posts won’t be published to anyone, God willing. When it comes to likes, the app simply pulls a random name from your phone’s contact list to send you a notification. However, those people don’t really like your posts. They’ve never even met.
“Palmsy lets you make little posts for yourself. Then it sends you some random push notifications from your contacts,” The app’s description appears on Apple’s App Store. “It’s all just for fun and none of the content leaves your device, so your privacy is safe.”
The app is free and currently appears to be only available on iOS.
I try to be mindful of my social media use, even though it’s very difficult for me because it’s a tool I use for my job. I’m not immune when your posts get tons of likes or comments. In fact, I’ve opened the app to check and read these notifications an embarrassing number of times. Is it good for my life? Not really. Is it giving me a headache? Yes.
Palmsy is a great medicine. It really satisfies my little need for social media validation by letting me post all the stupid shit I want and sending me fake likes. But just like medicine, the posts on the app are just for me.
Will I use Palmsy long term? In my case, probably not. I would download it for a few days to have a laugh and then forget about it. If anything, though, the very existence of the app is a powerful illustration of what most likes and posts on social media mean: absolutely nothing.
Palmsy developer Pat Nakajima probably summed it up best: Post on the topic: “Is it useful? No, not really. Is it fun? Kind of? Is it free? Yes, it is.”