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Outernet App Turns Saved Posts Into Real-World Adventures

Outernet, an app created by the founders of San Francisco's citywide scavenger hunt Pursuit, helps users bookmark online places and events and nudges them to visit in person.

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Outernet, a new mobile application developed by the creators of viral offline community events, aims to help users turn their saved online posts into real-world experiences. The team behind the platform previously designed high-profile offline activities, such as Pursuit, a well-known citywide scavenger hunt organized in San Francisco.

The Outernet application allows individuals to aggregate and organize places, destinations, and local events that they discover across the internet. Once users save these online items, the application actively prompts and nudges them to follow through on their interest, encouraging them to step outside and physically visit the locations or attend the events.

The concept was built around converting digital interest into real-life engagement. Many internet users frequently save posts about interesting places or activities but rarely visit them. Outernet addresses this habit by serving as an interactive bridge between digital discovery and real-world participation.

Through its focused interface and reminder features, Outernet aims to make offline exploration more accessible and habitual for its user base, leveraging the team's prior background in organizing successful real-world citywide events.

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  • techcrunch.comSarah Perez
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