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by chrysb 7y ago
Sorry, I missed the parent thread. This all started with a very simple question: Do we fundamentally believe that technology can help us create more meaningful relationships and increase our social wellness? If we believe the answer is yes,
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by chrysb 7y ago
Hi, This is a totally fair question. I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. When I designed and built Secret, it was based on an early community of people who were sharing things we'd never see on Facebook or anywhere els
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The End of the Apple Dynasty(medium.com)
11 points by chrysb 10y ago|0 comments
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Why We’re Stuck in an Abusive Relationship with Our Phones(medium.com)
5 points by chrysb 11y ago|1 comments
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by chrysb 13y ago
Big fan of Zesty for personal meals. Can't wait to use their catering service when we move into our new offices.
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by chrysb 13y ago
This was the least polished part of the app. I have the next version already designed, which adds discovery improvements and more polish and depth to the interactions. Alas, we decided not to implement it before launch.
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How We Ensure Anonymity and Protect Identity on Secret(medium.com)
8 points by chrysb 13y ago|0 comments
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. Secret also has some important aspects worth discussing: 1) It's curated. By your friends. The posts you see are things that your friends are sharing. 2) Conversations are all within your circle of fri
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by chrysb 13y ago
Most high-security sites do this (including banks, and even Facebook) to let you know when there's unusual activity. In order to recognize the anomalies, you need data. The meta point in our privacy policy is to be transparent about wh
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by chrysb 13y ago
We think it's important to notify users when someone from a different device tries to log into your account. We will, to the best of our ability, make secrets untraceable. I can promise you that.
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by chrysb 13y ago
Is this still happening to you?
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. The key differentiator is that you're sharing with the people you know. Secret allows you to have interesting conversations, anonymously, with your friends. On Whisper, you're doing this with stra
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by chrysb 13y ago
We annotate each post with "Friend" when it comes from someone in your contacts. We will NEVER misrepresent that.
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. You said it exactly right – this is a place to share openly and honestly with your friends about day to day things and sentiments, and not for crime or other illegal activity. That being said, we also have
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by chrysb 13y ago
Thanks scrabble. Glad you like it :)
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. Your description is just about spot on. :-)
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. We use unique device identifiers, which you can reset yourself on iOS, to help ensure account security. For example, when you log in from a new device.
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by chrysb 13y ago
Hi, I'm one of the founders. We ask for your phone number to connect you with your friends. We also encrypt unique identifiers so that your friends, nor us, can ever read your content. Read about our stance on using address books here:
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With New Anonymous Social App Secret, the Merit Is in the Message(recode.net)
34 points by chrysb 13y ago|15 comments
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Making the Right Resolutions and Sticking to Them(takeaswig.com)
9 points by chrysb 13y ago|0 comments
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by chrysb 13y ago
"Fad" or "era" – semantics. Everything rises and falls in popularity with varying timelines.
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The end of the Facebook era(takeaswig.com)
153 points by chrysb 13y ago|135 comments
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The Real Silicon Valley(takeaswig.com)
24 points by chrysb 14y ago|11 comments
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by chrysb 14y ago
Talk to Dustin Curtis about that one :)
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Three key principles of designing home-run products(takeaswig.com)
41 points by chrysb 14y ago|5 comments
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The Speaker (Or: why the iPhone's speaker is on the bottom of the phone)(dcurt.is)
69 points by chrysb 15y ago|46 comments
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by chrysb 15y ago
Blame Dustin Curtis :)
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The Debris From the Mobile Photo Explosion(chrysbader.com)
34 points by chrysb 15y ago|9 comments
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by chrysb 16y ago
There is something very important that hasn't been addressed in all of this fascinating discussion: Social dynamics are different for every age group. I believe people fall in to four (4) different categories, all relative to when the WWW
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Treehouse (YC S08) has the simple sharing mechanic that Facebook needs(techcrunch.com)
31 points by chrysb 16y ago|5 comments

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