These applications allow image or text content to be shared anonymously publicly or with your own contacts. Apart from anonymity, the programs differ slightly from each other.But how do these apps work, what are they and what will they bring in the future?Chats, social networks, messages ... anonymity comes first!Immediate and anonymous: The Facebook counterpartMore than just emotions and gossipDangers and potentialx
Some of these applications, such as Whisper, have been on the market for several months. Others, such as Secret and Firechat , were released just a few weeks ago , surfing the wave of the trend in a matter of days to the top of the charts.Firechat, for example, " climbed into the top ten social networks in just 15 days in 105 countries ," says CEO Micha Benoliel. And just two weeks after market launch, a new user was added every two seconds.However, these messaging apps are different - each one has its own unique feature. Whisper is a cross between a social network and an instant messaging app , using a pseudonym. The messages consist of text and a background image and are shared publicly with other users. They can react or loven in turn On Secret to send messages in the same way. The big difference to Whisper is that you always communicate with your own contacts . If they like the news and click on love , the news reaches the friends of the friends. But the distribution of the news will always depend on your own contacts.Other apps like Firechat continue. They create a kind of group chat with people in their own proximity - without data connection or network area, thanks to the technology Open Garden .According to Micha Benoliel, the idea for Firechat goes back to the user demand for an app that can be used off-the-grid . In addition, the app should show the potential of the Open Garden technology in a way that everyone understands.Other apps like rumr or Truth are also anonymous, but offer a much more personal connection to the contacts . On rumr you can create chat rooms with friends. Every person who speaks has its own color. But nobody knows who is who. As the official page says, "it's like a conversation with the lights off."Truth goes even further. It can send anonymous messages to the phone of a contact, even if the other person has not installed the app on the smartphone.Micha Benoliel sees the advantage of Whisper in the quick start : "No registration and no account - this gives users more freedom to quickly express themselves and say what they want."The chief editor of Whisper , Neetzan Zimmerman, sees the main feature of the app in anonymity . That's what makes it a kind of anti-Facebook . Because Whisper is the place where you can share information that you do not want to post on social networks- where everything is associated with your name and image.According to Zimmermann, Whisper is supposed to become a kind of social whistleblower : a place where one publishes revelations rather than telling actual secrets.Although most messages include private confessions, users are not just teenagers in emotional frenzy . Also, many students frolic on the platforms and share their feelings.A few weeks ago, for example, a post on Whisper nourished the rumor that Gwyneth Paltrow cheated on her husband. A month later, the actress announced the breakup.As an article in the Nieman Journalism Lab reports, Whisper is working with the Huffington Post . They use the posts to knit stories, for example about the spread of marijuana or 10 reasons why the grandparents are the best. Recently, the creators of the app also entered into a partnership with chat4smile-chat room.The use of Firechat seems rather limited so far, it reminds of the old 90s chat rooms .
In the beginning, enough to write strangers short messages and start a two-way conversation with friends.But the potential of this app has not really been discovered yet, says Benoliel: "The biggest benefit for the user is in the nearby window [an application tab, editor's note ]. It lets you share messages and photos with friends, even if access to the Internet is not possible. Firechat is an ideal solution, for example during a festival where there is almost no connection. Or for communicating in the subway or in the stadium. "In this sense, FireChat could become a kind of short-term social network , where, for example, opinions are exchanged for a football match, "with people nearby, in real time and more interactive than in comparison with Whisper or Secret ".As in every virtual meeting point on the Net , where anonymous beliefs, opinions and frustration are set out, Whisper , Secret and Firechat are also dangerousOn the one hand , anonymity helps to protect the user. On the other hand, the app will feed those who abuse the net like stalkers and trolls . This is especially true for apps that allow direct messages, like Truth . So far, however, the reactions are mostly positive.About Secret and Whisper also have incorrect information published, such as the alleged change of ownership to Evernote . Also, rumors are circulating, as in the case of the report of Gwyneth Paltrow. No one can argue against whether the apps mutate in the future to bullying instruments or perhaps the anonymity promise changes .In addition , traditional social networks like Facebook force us to always show our best side and to wear a kind of mask . The anonymous counterparts free the user from such constraints. Against this background, the public variants such as Whisper and Firechat are a groundbreaking developmentx
SOCIAL NETWORKS - EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG TEENAGERS
Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc. - Young people like them, the social networks, and spend a lot of time accordingly: 80 percent of adolescents visit social networks daily or several times a week (JAMES study 2016).
Social networks belong to the generation of Web 2.0. This means that the user is not just a consumer of information as in the conventional Internet, but also a designer of web content - be it texts, photos or videos.
94 percent of young people have a profile
Social networks are particularly popular because they offer the opportunity to connect with people from all over the world, to find those with the same interests and to communicate with them without delay, in real time. Anyone presenting themselves with their own profile will immediately receive feedback as to whether the presentation is important to the "online community" or not. This is especially attractive for teenagers. Thus, the majority of them have a profile in at least one social network: 94 percent are according to the JAMES study 2016. Instagram is the favorite - 81 percent of the young people have a profile there - closely followed by Snapchat.
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