# Outsourced Messaging Apps Miranda July's Somebody App Lets a Stranger Deliver Bad News for You By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-08-29 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/deliver-bad-news References: [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id897593878?mt=8) & [somebodyapp](http://somebodyapp.com) Sometimes there's just not a good way to deliver bad news, which is what makes Miranda July's 'Somebody' app great if you're too chicken to act as the bearer of bad news. With Somebody app, if you're looking to [break up with your significant other](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/after), you can have a complete stranger serve as a stand-in for you, and deliver the heartbreaking message on your behalf. Stand-in people are able to add actions to their messages to indicate things like a hug, a cry or a kiss. Although this app would be ideal for delivering bad news, or mending [awkward situations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/soothe1), it could also be used for good, such as handing over the app so that a stranger can confess your love for someone for you. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.3/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 61% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Outsourced Messaging Apps:** The rise of messaging apps that outsource communication tasks to strangers presents disruptive innovation opportunities for personal and professional communication services. - **Emotional Engagement Technology:** The integration of emotional actions and gestures in messaging apps opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for creating more genuine and impactful digital interactions. - **App-based Emotional Proxy Services:** The emergence of app-based services that offer stand-in individuals to deliver emotional messages on behalf of users presents disruptive innovation opportunities for outsourcing various sensitive conversations. ### Where This Applies - **Communication Services:** The rise of outsourced messaging apps presents disruptive innovation opportunities for communication service providers to offer additional value-added services by integrating stand-in message delivery options. - **Digital Interaction Solutions:** The development of messaging apps that integrate emotional actions and gestures creates disruptive innovation opportunities for companies in the digital interaction solutions industry to enhance user engagement and connection. - **Emotional Proxy Service Providers:** The growth of app-based emotional proxy services presents disruptive innovation opportunities for companies in the emotional assistance industry to cater to individuals seeking assistance with sensitive conversations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Breakup Message Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/howtoendit.md) - [Safe Stranger Chat Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whisperly-app.md) - [Scheduled Messaging Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memoria.md) - [Important Sharing Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-finhapp.md) - [AI Dating Exit Plans](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/exitcall.md) - [Anti-Ghosting Dating Sites](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/after.md) - [Real-Time Advice Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spendher-hotline.md) - [Friend-Finding Virtual Hangouts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/strangely.md) - [AI Dating Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intimal.md)