http://www.newsweek.com/irl-app-what-text-why-who-sent-got-979555

Some people have been getting text messages to their phones from an app they don’t recognize. The app is called IRL, and many of the people getting the errant messages are confused as to what, exactly, it is.

The app’s name is actually an acronym for “in real life,” and it’s popular among teenagers who use it to foster relationships with one another in person. The app’s website says it’s meant to make it easy for friends to send each other invitations to hang out in real life. The goal is to “solve the technology addiction” and bring people together in the real world instead of over technology—by using more technology.