Rooms
A few days ago the rumors pointed towards a new application by Facebook A tool that, surprisingly, would bet on complete anonymity The result is good different although not entirely wrong. This is Rooms, a discussion tool where you can raise all kinds of topics and discuss common interests without the need to use a public profile like FacebookSomething that safeguards the privacy of the user in the face of tricky issues, but that does not mean complete anonymity when it comes to expressing opinions and criticism
Rooms is planned as a forum or a place for debate , although it is possible to establish certain analogies or similarities with other applications of the moment. On the one hand, it is possible to compare it with Secret, the famous application where post confessions and secrets anonymously. Although the comparison is only in terms of form. And it is that Rooms allows you to create a discussion topic from a image that can be personalized with a title, emoticons Emoji From here each user can contribute their ideas, comments and opinions You can always use a nickname to safeguard your relative anonymity.But there are many differences.
And it is that, despite the fact that Rooms allows you to create different themes and propose different nicknames for each of them, depending on the situation and the topic discussed, it is necessary to be invited to participate in these discussions All through a curious process that includes QR codes A clever strategy that allows you to publish these brands on other social networks or even print them and distribute them anywhere physical for other users to scan and access the specific topic. Or, conversely, they allow you to limit access to a topic to specific users with whom this code has been exclusively shared.
On the other hand, Rooms also has some similarities with respect to Instagram Also in the form. Thus, the user can create or participate in various discussion topics, compiling all of these with their representative images in a feed or wall ordered chronologically and through which you can scroll vertically, just as it happens with the social network of photos.
But what makes the application Rooms really unique is the content , which can be of any type. From the more trivial topic that allows users with common interests to get in touch without having to overwhelm their Facebook , even somewhat more controversial issues, even limited for adults A point that carries the mechanics of mobile forums, a new milestone that only the well-known Reddit has tested.
In short, it is an application where share topics in a semi-anonymous way, where everyone can choose their own nickname to go unnoticed, but has to be invited to be able to participate. In addition, everyone in these discussions has administrator power to limit the activity of a user who disrespects the rulesAll this with a striking and pleasant visual appearance.
At the moment Rooms only available for iPhone in English-speaking countries Available for download Free via App Store It is expected that the version for devices Android coming to early 2015 Meanwhile your manager, Josh Miller (who created Branch and was later acquired by Facebook), will continue to develop this idea gradually with improvements like discussion finders
