Meet the app that allows fans to text their favourite celebrities directly. Social Sharing Posted: Apr 15, 2021 11:49 AM ET | Last Updated: April 15 Paul McCartney is an investor and user of the app Community. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)(The Associated Press) Under the Influence27:28S10E15 - Who Will Buy My Memories: Fan Club Marketing Recently, there has been a trend where celebrities share their phone numbers on social media - telling fans to text them directly. Of course, it's not their real numbers. It's an app called Community. The app gives each celebrity a new number to use, where they can then invite fans to text and have a direct conversation with them. Celebrities like it because they are not reliant on advertisers or algorithms and there are no filters.