Getting Started With AUX
Meet AUX, a new way to discover breaking culture. AUX is an app where people can post, discover, and vote on the best stuff on the internet. It's a place where you can drop in and check out what's going on, or go deep and help shape what the world sees.
How it works
Posting
- Navigate to the little “plus” sign in the bottom-center of the AUX app.
- Paste in a link.
- Each link costs 5 ATTN to post and expires (for upvoting) on all AUX feeds after 48 hours.
- Earn ATTN for the upvotes you get.
Voting
- Upvote links that you like and want to push to the Mainstage.
- Each upvote costs 1 ATTN, goes straight to the original poster, and moves a post up the ranks of the Trending feed.
- You can only upvote each link once, and you cannot vote on any of your own links.
The Mainstage
- The AUX Mainstage showcases the most popular link on the internet at any given moment. It's where the link with the most ATTN grabs the AUX.
- The link that gets to the AUX Mainstage gets exclusive real estate and airtime as the first thing people see when they open the app.
- When another link earns more ATTN, it takeovers the first spot on the Mainstage bumping the previous link to the next spot.
- The maximum Mainstage time is currently set at 4 hours or until a new link with higher ATTN replaces it, whichever comes sooner.
- An app notification is sent each time a new link grabs the AUX, ushering in a moment where the entire internet is experiencing and chatting about the same thing.
Leaderboard
Curators are ranked according to their ATTN.
Notifications
A big part of AUX is reacting to what is happening in real time. Make sure you approve notifications, when you install the app or you can go back and approve them inside your phone's notifications settings.
ATTN Allowance
For a limited time, you may receive a bonus ATTN allowance to experiment with. This bonus ATTN does not count toward your earned ATTN, cannot be saved, and will be clearly delineated from your primary ATTN balance. When you spend ATTN (by posting or upvoting), your bonus will be deducted first. This use-it-or-lose-it bonus may appear or disappear without notice.
Please note that the rules of AUX are subject to change.