These days when I get on Twitter, my feed is filled with snarky complaints or people venting about their love life and problems.
This can get awkward if you vent about one of your followers, thus starting a Twitter war and potentially ruining a friendship.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a place you could say whatever you wanted to, without having to fear judgment or inadvertently hurting others?
Whisper is an app that allows you to do precisely this.
With Whisper you can vent all day without having to worry about being caught by a disapproving nemesis or frienemy.
This app gives you the option to post whatever you want with complete anonymity. Whisper automatically assigns you a username that is completely random, but can be changed if you want it to.
You can change the settings so that you can view other people's Whispers from a close radius to your current location.
When I applied this setting I immediately found posts relating to Auburn students. Some poor soul posted a whisper that said "I wish some beautiful Auburn girls would give nice guys like me a chance!!"
Stay strong my friend, there are plenty of us here.
Another user complained about seeing someone brush their teeth in the RBD library.
There's the occasional post that holds too much information like White Ranger who posted "after breakups the only thing that makes me feel better is sexting random girls." Hopefully none of you have been a victim of White Ranger's random sexting.
Some posts actually made me laugh out loud like one user, whose username was too inappropriate to include, that posted "I burnt my mouth taking a big swig of hot cocoa and screamed the f bomb...in class, during a math test."
Definitely wish I could have been there for that.
You can also direct message people anonymously on Whisper if you like, or dislike, their post.
For my first post I made something up to see if anyone would respond. Within 20 minutes after posting I already received multiple direct messages and comments on my post.
It's a way for people to communicate anonymously, and potentially give advice or try to help a person with their problem.
When you type in your problem, or feelings, or whatever is on your mind, Whisper matches your words with a photograph that pertains to the topic. If you don't like the one they give you, you can take your own photo or use one that you already have on your phone.
It also sends you notifications when someone posts a Whisper in your area, likes one of your posts, or sends you a direct message.
You can filter through the Whispers you want to read under the categories "latest," "popular," and "nearby."
Whisper also adds extra protection to its user's accounts by asking for a pin number before the user posts something, so that if someone takes your phone they won't be able to post without your permission.
Under settings they have a frequently asked questions section that tells you how to do things like block or remove a user if you don't want them to send you messages.
So next time your teacher gives you a lower grade then you wanted, or your best friend ditches you for her boyfriend, try posting on Whisper and see what advice and support you can find from other users.
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