HyperTexting app turns open web into scrollable social media feed
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A new iOS app called HyperTexting aims to make browsing the open web as easy as scrolling through a social media feed, while also allowing users to update their own websites as simply as sending a text message. The app was built by Caleb Hailey, a 20-year tech veteran who said he was inspired after seeing Twitter lose its way and after social media began making him feel badly about the world during the COVID era. HyperTexting uses RSS under the hood but does not promote the protocol in its marketing, instead offering a scrollable feed where users can follow websites, news outlets, blogs, and newsletters. The app also lets users add their own website, such as a WordPress blog or Ghost newsletter, and post from within the app. An optional Safari extension allows users to add new websites to follow while browsing. Hailey described the app as “almost like a viewer to the discourse that already happens in the open web.” The app is a free download on iOS and may add premium subscriptions or a single sponsored post per day for revenue.
What’s reported
HyperTexting is a new iOS app that makes surfing the web similar to scrolling through a social media feed like Facebook or X.
The app was built by Caleb Hailey, a 20-year tech veteran.
Hailey said he was inspired after seeing Twitter lose its way and after social media made him feel badly about the world during the COVID era.
HyperTexting uses RSS under the hood but does not promote the protocol in its marketing.
Users can follow people, websites, news outlets, blogs, and newsletters, and scroll through articles, essays, and multimedia posts.
The app lets users add their own website (e.g., WordPress blog, Ghost newsletter, Hugo site, or HyperTexting’s HyperTemplates) and post from within the app.
An optional Safari extension lets users add new websites to follow while browsing.
The app includes an “Explore” section that points to trending content across the web.
HyperTexting is a free download on iOS from Hailey’s Herd Works.
It may add premium subscriptions or a single sponsored post per day for revenue.
Key figures
Caleb Hailey, creator of HyperTexting and founder of Herd Works
Sources: TechCrunch
