Alex5d ago

Do people actually need a place to confess things anonymously?

https://lemmy.world/post/44351194

Do people actually need a place to confess things anonymously? - Lemmy.World

Serious question. Have you ever had a thought you knew you could never say out loud? Not illegal. Not something dramatic. Just something that would change how people see you. A doubt about your partner. Something you regret but never admitted. A quiet thought about a friend or family member. Most people carry things like that for years. And the strange part is that we usually don’t even need advice. We just want to say it somewhere without it attaching to our name. No profile. No history. No identity. Just the truth for a moment. I’ve been experimenting with something called Backroom built around that idea. A place where people post one-line anonymous confessions that disappear again. No followers. No profiles. Just the thought. I’m honestly curious though: If something like that existed, would people actually use it? Or are some thoughts better left unsaid forever?

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So can other people even see the post? Can I view other posts by most recent, or any other order? I think there’s appeal to the idea of anonymously confessing things. 4chan and many other imageboards are built on this. Can also do it on many other websites by just making alt accounts. I think you need to more clearly think through what unique benefit your proposed idea would provide.
Mar 16 at 9:43pmWeb
Show threadAlex5d ago

Yes, people can see them.

But the idea isn’t a forum or discussion board.

Posts are just one-line thoughts that disappear again. No profiles. No history. No threads.

More like dropping a thought somewhere and walking away.