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Chrys Bader
@chrysb
Hello all!
I'm happy to share more insight into our new launch. There seems to be a lot of misinformation here. Secret was never about posting secrets. It's always been about giving people a safe place to say what's on their mind while keeping their privacy. AKA sharing secretly.
The reason we moved away from large square photos with text on them is that t… See more
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Kyle Ryan
@kylry · Engineering for tomorrow
I've been thinking a lot about the role of originality and imitation recently. I loved David's vision for Secret as a product to help elicit positive conversations that people wanted to have but could not. (I actually wrote a research paper on this last semester).
Sadly, I think this Secret has succumbed to imitation over originality. https://twitter.com/k… See more
Nathan Bashaw
@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
Whoa, I was not expecting the re-brand. I really like the new positioning: "be curious". Emphasizes the positive / learning aspects of anonymous communication. It's also interesting that they moved away from a primarily dark aesthetic to something more colorful.
Of course, what matters most is not branding but the product changes, but still I think this is … See more
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Chrys Bader
@chrysb
Hello all!
I'm happy to share more insight into our new launch. There seems to be a lot of misinformation here. Secret was never about posting secrets. It's always been about giving people a safe place to say what's on their mind while keeping their privacy. AKA sharing secretly.
The reason we moved away from large square photos with text on them is that t… See more
Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@chrysb, @davidbyttow, and team just released a BIG redesign, most notably introducing private chat. @caseynewton has a great write-up on The Verge.
The "anonymish" space has been fascinating to watch over the past year. Here's a collection of similar apps released in 2014.