The secrets are posted anonymously as text on an image where people can reply, like, or share your secret. Read more opinions here, and see our submission guidelines here. Whisper is an app for people to post their secrets. WIRED Opinion publishes articles by outside contributors representing a wide range of viewpoints. It’s not our job to judge their pleasures, but it is our job to make sure they’re safe. Whisper is an app that lets you share photos and text completely anonymously. Whether their parents like it or not, kids want to spend time on anonymous apps.
Our singleminded focus on the platform giants is fundamentally affecting children’s safety. While I’m not absolving tech giants of responsibility, we also need to talk about kids’ preference to fly under the radar when they use social media, reappropriating platforms like Sarahah for entirely new purposes and using apps adults have never even heard of. This anecdote highlights a need to keep tabs on what kids are actually doing on social media. They didn’t, and so I abandoned the talk and gave them an introduction to anonymous apps instead. Whisper is the best place to discover secrets around you. While the talk focused on harmful online content and used anonymous apps as a case study, I foolishly assumed the attendees would know what anonymous apps were. For my current research project, I gave a talk to around 200 people involved in children’s protection. The experience of spending time on Whisper is unlike any other major social network: Its more raw, more moving.and. Anonymous apps rise and fall in popularity with immense speed, and this creates another huge problem for children’s safety: Adults often know nothing about them. Ever wondered what the people around you are really thinking Whisper is an online community where millions of people around the world share real thoughts, trade advice, and get the inside scoop.