The Beginner's Guide to Whisper

“Share your thoughts. Make new friends! Be yourself,” encourages Whisper’s promo video, above.

The free iOS and Android app Whisper, which launched May 2012, lets users post and receive messages and secrets anonymously. The startup calls itself a “private, anti-social networking app” because it does not save, store or collect any information — including names, emails or phone numbers — about users, in order to protect their anonymity

The messages are called “whispers,” and they look similar to a meme, stylized card or Instagram overlay. Essentially, they're images with superimposed text Read more...