How To Use HOOKED - Chat Stories
How To Use HOOKED - Chat Stories
- As soon as you open the app, you’ll be launched into your first chat story. The interface looks a lot like iMessage, but all you have to do is tap the screen to get the next message. Each message is called a “hoot” (Hooked’s logo is an owl).
Hooked — an app for reading bite-sized stories in text message form — is rapidly climbing the App Store charts.
The
app initially launched in 2015, but it started growing quickly last
fall. Now, it’s risen to the top of Apple’s top free apps chart,
surpassing apps like Bitmoji, Instagram, and Snapchat. In fact, according to app analyst sensor tower .So
why is Hooked becoming so popular? Likely because it’s incredibly
simple to use and its stories keep you on the edge of your seat. Here’s how it works.
- Hooked has overtaken the App Store’s
long-reigning champ, Bitmoji, as one of the top free apps on the App
Store. Over the past few days, it’s jockeyed for No. 1 with Ballz, Breakout-style game that’s also incredibly addictive.
- As soon as you open the app, you’ll be launched into your first chat story. The interface looks a lot like iMessage, but all you have to do is tap the screen to get the next message. Each message is called a “hoot” (Hooked’s logo is an owl).
- Hooked doesn’t give you any information
about the characters or any backstory before you start reading. All you
know is the names of the two main characters — in this case, Tiffany and
her mom
.
- With every tap of the screen, a new message appears. Each message is more suspenseful than the next.
- If you don’t open the app back up
immediately, Hooked will prod you with a snippet of the conversation.
Out of context, it can sometimes be a little strange.
Bottom Line
This app allows users to read and write chat style stories. A
subscription is required to read full stories but once a child has
access to them, they will be exposed to many stories with graphic sexual
situations, graphic violence, drug/alcohol references and more age
inappropriate content. If a child is logged into Facebook they can also
comment on user created content which causes risk of bullying and
meeting strangers. Parents should know if a child under 18 is using this
app and much of the content is inappropriate for children under 12.
Talking to Your Children
You may want to take a look at some of the stories on this app before
you allow your child to read them. Although there are no images
involved, allowing your child to peruse stories about sex, drugs, and
violence will likely send the wrong message about what behaviors are
acceptable for them to engage in. Please visit our Parent's Guide for
more information on how to talk to your child about the risks associated
with this app.
App store description
HOOKED lets you read amazing chat stories FREE. These are gripping,
edge-of-your seat thrillers that will keep you reading for hours. Or,
write your own story and get lots of fans!
Every HOOKED story is told as a bite-sized text message conversation, as
if you were reading someone else's chat history.
HOOKED also lets you create your own chat.
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