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The Problem With Anonymous Social Networking
- TechCrunch, Friday, December 19, 2014 1:01 PM
Has the anonymous social networking trend run its course? That might be an overstatement, but as TechCrunch reports, turning the trend into a successful business model is proving harder than most imagined. A number of services -- most recently Secret -- are repositioning themselves as safer environments for users. But, that hasn’t done much for their appeal among users looking for juicy rumors and gossip. “And thus demonstrates the vicious cycle for anonymous apps,” TechCrunch writes. “Let people misbehave, and the app buzzes with activity. Sanitize the experience to protect people’s feelings … and the app fails.”
