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> I would've never understood the appeal of these anonymous apps over something like Reddit Recently, we did some analysis (sensitivity, type, potential audien
by denzil_correa 12y ago
> I would've never understood the appeal of these anonymous apps over something like Reddit
Recently, we did some analysis (sensitivity, type, potential audience and linguistic characterists) on the content posted on anonymous social media like Whisper [0]. Most of the posts were about Confessions, Relationships, Meetup and QnA/Advice.
[0] http://socialnetworks.mpi-sws.org/papers/anonymity_shades.pdf http://socialnetworks.mpi-sws.org/papers/anonymity_shades.pd...
- rjaco31 12y agoI'm not sure I understood your point. You have all of this on reddit.
- denzil_correa 12y agoIn Reddit, you are pseudonymous - users do convert pseudonymity to anonymity by the usage of throwaway accounts. In case of anonymous media apps, the concept of anonymity is embedded. For example, on reddit - there can be ONLY one "Barack_Obama" on Whisper there could be thousands of them because there is no unique username. In addition, you could view profile of a pseudo-identity on Reddit. On anonymous social media, there is no profile information. The key difference between anonymous vs non-anonymous (or pseudonymous) media is lack of unique identities and/or profile information.