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"Posting secrets anonymously is an old idea on the internet, but Secret is special for one reason: so far it's completely taken over by gossiping techies, early adopters with lots of bile to unload. It's part therapy, part confession, part defamation, and it's a lot of fun to eavesdrop. The app itself is very basic: you share a text, and only people in your contact list—and their friends—can see it. It's like Whisper, but with a little more intimacy. It also lends itself well to all of the catty, gossipy, faceless maligning we love so much. It's amazing what startup folk will say when you give them a contrived way to speak their mind—the following is just a sample of what I've found so far: "

http://valleywag.gawker.com/silicon-valley-cant-stop-shit-talking-itself-on-this-n-1517461086


That first one is pretty juicy.

2/6/2014 9:31:53 PM

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2/6/2014 10:10:23 PM

it's a app mane

not some tww thread where people post fake confessions

2/6/2014 10:28:59 PM

yeah TT10, its an app where people make fake confessions

2/6/2014 10:32:27 PM

precisely

the difference is i give more of a shit about the subjects of Secret's confessions

2/6/2014 10:36:18 PM

I will dl this app, because JUICY NERD GOSSIP

2/7/2014 8:28:46 AM