Views on Social Network Anonymity

Feb 7, 2014 - NY Times - Entering the Era of Private and Semi-Anonymous Apps

... a slew of new apps — including Wut, Secret, Confide, Popcorn and Telegram — that have come out in recent months are intended to let users either talk secretly with people they know, or blurt out random comments to total strangers.

Telegram offers private chatrooms where you can set a “timer” and all the text vanishes after a set period of time — usually one to five minutes.

Mar 18, 2014 - NY Times - New Social App Has Juicy Posts, All Anonymous