Viewing profile — chrysb

Sorry, I missed the parent thread. This all started with a very simple question: Do we fundamentally believe that technology can help us create more meaningful relationships and in…

Hi, This is a totally fair question. I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. When I designed and built Secret, it was based on an early community of people who were sh…

Big fan of Zesty for personal meals. Can't wait to use their catering service when we move into our new offices.

This was the least polished part of the app. I have the next version already designed, which adds discovery improvements and more polish and depth to the interactions. Alas, we dec…

Hi, I'm one of the founders. Secret also has some important aspects worth discussing: 1) It's curated. By your friends. The posts you see are things that your friends are sharing. …

Most high-security sites do this (including banks, and even Facebook) to let you know when there's unusual activity. In order to recognize the anomalies, you need data. The meta po…

We think it's important to notify users when someone from a different device tries to log into your account. We will, to the best of our ability, make secrets untraceable. I can pr…

Is this still happening to you?

Hi, I'm one of the founders. The key differentiator is that you're sharing with the people you know. Secret allows you to have interesting conversations, anonymously, with your fri…

We annotate each post with "Friend" when it comes from someone in your contacts. We will NEVER misrepresent that.

Hi, I'm one of the founders. You said it exactly right – this is a place to share openly and honestly with your friends about day to day things and sentiments, and not for crime or…

Thanks scrabble. Glad you like it :)

Hi, I'm one of the founders. Your description is just about spot on. :-)

Hi, I'm one of the founders. We use unique device identifiers, which you can reset yourself on iOS, to help ensure account security. For example, when you log in from a new device.…

Hi, I'm one of the founders. We ask for your phone number to connect you with your friends. We also encrypt unique identifiers so that your friends, nor us, can ever read your cont…

"Fad" or "era" – semantics. Everything rises and falls in popularity with varying timelines.

Talk to Dustin Curtis about that one :)