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Anonymous messages in your workplace

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Yuchen Wang
@ychw · Founder Of TaggTo
@javaughn12 Good questions! :-) For user authentication -- I don't want to do it with company email exactly for the reason you mentioned! But you are right, in this way, there is no way to guarantee a post is authentically from an employee. Since Salsa is in its early stage, I think that's OK. If Salsa starts growing its user base, I plan to add employer … See more

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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
We've seen several variations of anonymous apps for coworkers and teams but I haven't seen any take off (correct me if I'm wrong). I just did a search for related products and previous hunts, Kangaroo and OffGarden, are no longer around. Of course that doesn't mean this can't work but I'm skeptical. Most of these tools are limited to larger companies that… See more
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Yuchen Wang
@ychw · Founder Of TaggTo
Hi Ryan, Thanks for having Salsa here! And great insight in this area. What you described -- "most of these tools are limited to larger companies ..." -- is a real problem. I try to solve this issue by making the community more open -- any user can post messages about any company, not limited to their own employers. Messages can be anything -- thoughts, p… See more
@ychw, as someone who has tried other enterprise "yik yak" apps, I really like Salsa's approach of not making employees sign up with their work emails because that way the IT department can't track you down (which is what happened to me). My main critique here is if you have no way to authenticate where someone works, how can you guarantee that the comments … See more
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Yuchen Wang
@ychw · Founder Of TaggTo
A few notes on the technical side -- the whole backend is built on top to Parse. Most of the functionality are already included in Parse. I only have to write about 500 lines of code at backend to handle special logics. Overall, I think Parse is a great platform to build prototypes and MVPs. However, if your product really takes off, it's better move the b… See more
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Yuchen Wang
@ychw · Founder Of TaggTo
@javaughn12 Good questions! :-) For user authentication -- I don't want to do it with company email exactly for the reason you mentioned! But you are right, in this way, there is no way to guarantee a post is authentically from an employee. Since Salsa is in its early stage, I think that's OK. If Salsa starts growing its user base, I plan to add employer … See more