Facebook doesn’t seem like the place one would choose to remain anonymous. Now they’re working on an app where you can still be you…well…kinda.
This social media site is working on a mobile-app where users can get on, through their page, but not have to use their own names, thus remaining anonymous. In fact, secrecy is being taken so seriously on this app that the people revealing this app insists on remaining anonymous. The app should be released in the weeks to come, or at least we should hear more about it by then. The ironic thing is this is virtually the opposite of what Facebook has built itself up to be. It’s always prided itself on the real you reuniting with real family, friends and people from yesteryear. Facebook product manager Josh Miller leads this anonymous app creation. If this app is successful, it will let users to use aliases to talk about subjects they may not be comfortable with online, or in real life. Planning is very much in it’s early stages. Will this app allow anonymous photo sharing? And how will this work with friend interaction? Recently, Facebook has seen the importance and increasing popularity of anonymity. Like earlier this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said app makers can use anonymous tools to log in.
But will the anonymous app work? Like anything else, this app can be used for good or evil. This app can be used to protect users from cyber bullying, extortion or exploitation. But an anonymous user can also use this app for criminal and down right wicked purposes. In an era where privacy may as well be on the endangered species list, I can see the concern and why many would want to remain anonymous. Some of my Facebook friends use nicknames as their Facebook headings. If you were to use a Facebook anonymous app, how and why would you use it?