The recent problems of the social network Facebook about the identity of its users, in addition to the proliferation of all kinds ofmessaging tools that hide behind the anonymity of users to be able to spread any rumors and information, may be two of the factors that have moved those responsible for Facebook to work on a new social tool An application that, according to rumors, would aim to respect the anonymity of its users. Will Facebook change its rules of the game?
The news comes from the newspaper New York Times, where they state that Facebook is working on a new independent application However, no clues are given as to whether it would be a new social network itself, a messaging application or , as pointed out in other media, a forum type system as seen in Reddit u other anonymous applications such as Whisper or Secret that have attracted so much attention a few months ago.
What is known about this new application is that its main feature is anonymity. A point in favor of those people who do not use Facebook due to the requirement of having a detailed user profile Undoubtedly, a good attempt to connect with these users, even through a new social network or application That is why it is intuited that the fate of This application will be the communication of information or a place to contribute knowledge without looking so much at who, but at what.
Applications such as Secret and Whisper still resonate in the heads of users after having emerged a few weeks ago for their concept. anonymous or pseudoanonymous applications that allowed rumors and information to be published in order to discuss them and spread them over the Internetlike gunpowder. All this knowing that, although its users could be close people, their names were protected by nicknames. With this, it is possible to discuss he alth problems, sentimental problems and any topic that might otherwise be taboo.
From the New York Times they also clarify that the producer would be in charge of this project Josh Miller, became Facebook after Facebook bought the company Branch , focused on communities and discussion groups For this reason, it is believed that the next Facebook anonymity application could follow in the footsteps of the platformReddit, a kind of forum where users can pour information, knowledge, rumors or opinions in a way more or less anonymous. A place that has already served as a source for rumors and information of great importance in the past.
At the moment everything is speculation, and there are no more details about this application of course anonymity We will still have to expect something more to know, from the hands of Facebook itself, what they are working on.Of course, according to rumors its launch is scheduled for the coming weeks, so the wait won't be too long.
