HyperTexting aims to help you break free from content you don't care about

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A brand-new app is hitting the scene that aims to make scrolling through the web less of a headache and more about giving you a series of posts with news and information that you actually care about. It’s called HyperTexting, and it was created to make scrolling the wider web more like scrolling through your modern day social feeds, such as Twitter or Facebook. Think about how you get information from those apps.

If you use them, whether on a daily basis or just occasionally throughout the week, surfing the social feeds is a relatively simple process. You scroll, you stop for the occasional post that has some info you find interesting, and then you move on. Only now, you’re often scrolling through more ads and algorithm-based content instead of the stuff you actually want to see.

HyperTexting is all about getting rid of all that. The HyperTexting app was created to help users “escape the algorithm” The problem with modern day social media, as HyperTexting creator Caleb Hailey sees it, is that all social media platforms are now majority ads and algorithm content.

So instead of getting the information you want to read or see, you’re often getting what the algorithm thinks you want to read or see. HyperTexting was built to help users “escape the algorithm” and given them a way to access the content they’re interested in. Only the content they’re interested in.

However, Hailey acknowledges that most people prefer scrolling through content, like on social media, to get their info or come across interests. So HyperTexting puts everything you’re interested in into a scrollable, social media-like format. Though it’s built on the RSS technology that allows you to follow content across the open web.

Feature-wise, it appears to offer much of what social media was like from the early days. For example, feeds that you follow are presented in reverse chronological order. So, you’re seeing the newest stuff first.

As you scroll, you eventually get to the bottom of that feed. It also claims to offer 100% privacy. “HyperTexting downloads, processes, and stores 100% of your subscription and timeline data on-device,” Hailey says.

The only downside is that right now, the app is only available for iOS at the moment. The Android Headlines Take I think we can all agree that modern day social media has quite a few flaws. There are several nice features that are available today that weren’t available many years ago.

However, the evolution of the algorithm-based feeds has without a doubt degraded the experience. Instead of seeing just the content you’re interested in, you get a mish mash of content based on your interests, fueled by the algorithm, which filters in stuff it thinks you’ll want to see. It’s awful, and often ends up placing stuff in your feed that you don’t want to see in the first place.

If you use an iOS device as your main device, HyperTexting seems like it might be worth checking out. Especially if you’re tired of the way social media is today. The post HyperTexting aims to help you break free from content you don't care about appeared first on Android Headlines .