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Title: Anonymous social app Secret shuts down Post by: HCK on April 30, 2015, 09:00:10 pm Anonymous social app Secret shuts down
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Secret, an app for anonymous posts that initially attracted buzz but drew criticism after a redesign, is shutting down.</p><p>The company, also named Secret, formally launched its app last year and is said to have raised between $33 million and $35 million in funding. “After a lot of thought and consultation with our board, I’ve decided to shut down Secret,” CEO David Byttow said (https://medium.com/secret-den/sunset-bc18450478d5) Wednesday in a blog post, who noted that the app does not represent the vision he had when starting the company.</p><p>Secret had attracted over 15 million users, he said in the post. Byttow will spend the next couple weeks winding down Secret, he said. Funding will be returned to investors.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2916872/secret-an-app-for-anonymous-posts-shuts-down.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Anonymous social app Secret shuts down (http://www.macworld.com/article/2916872/secret-an-app-for-anonymous-posts-shuts-down.html#tk.rss_all) |