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Title: 5 ways Facebook’s Rooms stands apart from the anonymous app pack Post by: HCK on October 26, 2014, 03:00:19 am 5 ways Facebook’s Rooms stands apart from the anonymous app pack
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Facebook’s long-rumored anonymous app is here, shattering common beliefs about what Facebook and anonymous apps are like. Rooms for iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rooms-create-something-together/id924643029) is a throwback to the Internet communities of old, when people used pseudonyms to comment but were as well-known as pub regulars.</p><figure class="medium right"> <img src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/10/rooms_logo-100526742-medium.png" height="300" width="300" alt="rooms logo"/> </figure> <p> Rooms is clearly different from apps like Secret, Whisper, and Yik Yak. It’s more community-oriented than the current crop of anonymous apps, which are centered on the self: This is what I think. This is what I desire. Those missives aren’t conversation-starters, though comments are allowed. They’re one-way streets.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2838286/5-ways-facebook-s-rooms-stands-apart-from-the-anonymous-app-pack.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: 5 ways Facebook’s Rooms stands apart from the anonymous app pack (http://www.macworld.com/article/2838286/5-ways-facebook-s-rooms-stands-apart-from-the-anonymous-app-pack.html#tk.rss_all) |