Anonymous social app Secret shuts down<article>
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<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 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>
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Anonymous social app Secret shuts down
