Against brain rot

One page
a night.

IT’S TIME TO ANTIROT.

Write it, post it, then read strangers’ pages for one hour. Then the app closes.

An old typewriter in walnut, steel and black leather. Tonight’s page is typed on the sheet.
ANTIROTAgainst brain rot · Evening edition

Feeds are built to never end.

Endless scroll, short video and constant notifications keep us looking, not thinking. ANTIROT turns every habit the rot built into its opposite.

Every app on your phone is measured by how long it keeps you. The feed has no last page, the next video starts before you decide, and the phone buzzes to call you back. ANTIROT is built the other way round.

You get one page a night. You answer one question in words, and add a photo if you want. Posting opens one hour of strangers’ pages, turned like paper. Then the app closes.

Halftone print of the ANTIROT typewriter’s keys and type basket.
The machine that does one thing.

By day it opens for ten minutes an hour. Nobody has a name, only a number, and there are no public likes or followers, so there is nothing to count.

Then & now

SOCIAL MEDIAANTIROT
An endless feedOne hour a night, then it closes
Endless scrollingPages you turn, like paper
Always on10 minutes an hour by day
Names, likes, followersA random number, nothing to count
Video and filtersWords and a photo
Posting to be seenWriting to remember your day

How it works

One night, three steps.

01

Write

Answer tonight’s question in one page, up to 1,000 characters. Add a photo if you want.

Write it on a typewriter

02

Read

Posting opens one hour of strangers’ pages, turned like paper. One short comment each.

03

Sleep

The hour ends and the app closes. By day it opens for only 10 minutes an hour.

For subscribers · The monthly album

Your month, printed and posted.

Every photo you post in a month is printed as a stamp, set in a leather album with the words you wrote under it, and posted to your door.

A black leather album with steel corners on a walnut desk.
October, bound in black leather.
The album open: photos printed as stamps, each with a typed caption and date.
Every photo, printed as a stamp, with what you wrote.
A black box by the front door with the album inside, tied with twine.
Posted to your door.
Hands turning the album’s pages by lamplight.
Your month, in your hands.

The monthly album

Inside
Every photo you posted that month, with its page.
Album
Black leather, steel corners, thick cream pages.
Delivery
Posted to your home at the start of each month.
Price
Coming soon
GET MY NUMBER FIRST

Subscriptions open inside the app. Members only.

The rules

The rules that keep it slow.

  • PostingOne page every 24 hours.
  • IdentityA random number. What you sign up with stays private. 18+.
  • ImagesEvery photo is printed, never shown as it is.
  • CommentsOne per page, 60 characters at most.
  • LettersOnly close friends can see your mailbox.
  • NeverNo public likes, no followers, no ads.
No.Gold · 30 daysNo.Silver · 20–29 No.Bronze · 10–19No.Ink · 0–9

To · the first 1,000

Get your number.

The first 1,000 members get numbers in order. After that, numbers are random.

GET MY NUMBER

Sign up with your email. On ANTIROT you’ll only ever be a number.