sanchitasaha

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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Err, I’m not confident to give you examples of questions that relate to being a man, because I’m not a man. It’s a shame that some guys can’t see there is stuff that they just wouldn’t be able to help a woman with. I’m sure you have an idea
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Hi, glad you're in a good mood :) So only 20% of questions are posted anonymously and these tend to be highly personal or sensitive topics. The rest users post openly as themselves and we use real names and profiles. I think the main
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Thanks jirenandcell. We invited some of our female community from citysocializer initially, then got a whole bunch of new users from product hunt and then it's been through word of mouth referrals. Right now its only in English and maj
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Thanks Julian, yea you can message privately for one to one conversations. It’s something being used a lot and helping women to connect more personally
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Thanks seapunk, yes my passion and background is building communities. We just came out of closed beta last month and have a couple thousand users who are highly engaged. Good question and something we’re still thinking about. If we do rele
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Hi gitgud, you can choose to post your questions anonymously but you still have to sign up with a real and validated profile. We find that only 20% of posts are anonymous and the remainder women are posting openly as themselves. We only all
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Hi Rinchik, we have an LGBTQ group on Shello so we welcome anyone who identifies as a woman.
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Thanks for the question. A key difference is that we use real names and photos, and as Shello is only app-based the conversations stay private behind a login. Also, on Shello we have topic groups and you can sign up to see questions and pos
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   by sanchitasaha 8y ago

   Hey blueadept11, women have very different experiences and challenges to men when it comes to most aspects of their lives, from careers, to body matters and relationships. So the advice we look for and share is often only relevant to other
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    by sanchitasaha 8y ago

    Creator here: as a female tech founder since 2009 I found it tough finding a network of women to share my experiences with. More recently but for a while now I've been a member of a bunch of women-only groups across FB, linkedin and a
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    Show HN: A platform for women to crowd-source advice in confidence(shello.com)

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