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.”
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