Navigating social media today requires you to have some kind of PhD in Facebook or a Twitter feed running through your veins. And while for many, social media is simply unbearable, the Binky app hopes to change that.
Binky is a new app that aims to free you from the worst part of any social media platform: people. The app offers a great social media experience, providing users with a digital version of social isolation .
Once installed, Binky works just like any other social media app you use. You can swipe aimlessly, like, thumbs-up, and scroll aimlessly, staring at photos.
Whatever you do, it doesn't matter. Your likes mean nothing on Binky – no one will notice them. You can also comment, but when you start typing, automated comments will appear for you to choose from. After all, nothing you do on Binky matters, as your interactions are as if they never happened.
This may all sound a bit silly – but that’s the concept behind Binky. While it’s an app that no user would really want, it’s also something that any of us can understand.
The app allows users to simply do something, which accomplishes absolutely nothing… just like real social networks. For the deep thinkers, we would say that this is a kind of deep meditation on the nature of being attached to the virtual reality provided by social media… The rest of you will simply consider it a waste of time and most likely you will uninstall the app in less than two minutes.
Those of you who have an iPhone can install the app from iTunes. Those of you who have an Android or Windows device and want to install the app, you simply can't.
