Silicon Valley’s Anonymous Gossip Apps Whip Up Storm Of Ambition and jealousy
Guardian › Edward Helmore
Ten years ago Mark Zuckerberg ushered in the era of social media with the creation of Facebook in his ... MORE
Open Secrets: The New Wave Of Anonymous Social Networks Is Neither New Nor Anonymous.
Slate › Lily Hay Newman
There’s a lot of news about Whisper, Secret, and other anonymous social networks lately. Whisper has been around in various forms since March 2012 but started ... MORE
Business Insider Australia Continues To Trash Anonymous Social Networks
Anonymous social networks are receiving a lot of attention in the last couple months from the tech blogging community, largely due to some major capital investment in startups like the Secret and Whisper apps.
In addition to a lot of PR friendly puff pieces we are seeing a number of articles that are highly critical, not only of individual ... MORE
New Website Encourages Anonymous Students To Share Assault Experiences
Student Life › Divya Kumar
Since the website went live Friday night, about half a dozen students have posted anonymous personal experiences with sexual assault on It Happens Here: WUSTL, an online platform for Washington University students to ... MORE
On Your Permanent Record – Anonymity, Pseudonymity, Ephemerality & Bears Omfg!
Medium › Austin Hill
Anonymity seems to be all the rage in Silicon Valley and startups lately.
Recently Whisper raised another $30 million (supposedly ... MORE
Yes, Online Anonymity Is Hard – But Like Anything Valuable, It Is Worth Fighting For
Gigaom › Mathew Ingram
When it comes to online behavior, some contentious issues have been around at least as long as the consumer internet itself. One of the most explosive of these topics is anonymity, and the alleged benefits ... MORE
The Future For Anonymity Apps: Defamations And Revolutions
TechCrunch › Mike Butcher
In 2010 the Iranian election protests — the “Green Revolution” — was at its tail end, though few knew the tumult of the Arab Spring was to come. The Iranian authorities were rounding up key anti-government ... MORE
Investors Debate The Ethics Of Anonymity Apps
TechCrunch › Alexia Tsotsis
VCs are publicly and privately debating the morality of investing in the burgeoning “anonymish” app space, after a series of negative posts, mainstream gossip, a MORE
Anonymous Social Networks: Too Big To Succeed?
With the very recent debut of a number of anonymous social networking apps and websites, a vigorous debate has begun about the perils and merits of anonymous digital venues.
Critics would have us believe that trolling, porn, and bullying are endemic to the experience, while boosters trumpet the importance of innovation, free speech, ... MORE
Can Anonymity Be Good for the Social Web?
HootSource › David Godsall
Silicon Valley was buzzing with secrets this week. We’re hearing all this juicy information thanks to a pair of apps, Whisper and Secret, that let users post messages anonymously. Both have reportedly ... MORE