Sarahah: Four things you should know about popular app By Brett Molina, USA Today
With 4 million downloads and 15 million users, the app has a strong user base. Time The current top app on Apple's mobile marketplace isn't Facebook or Snapchat, but a new social media app called Sarahah . The app created by Saudi developer ZainAlabdin Tawfiq allows users to receive anonymous comments. According to a description of Sarahah , the app "helps you in discovering your strengths and areas for improvement by receiving honest feedback from your employees and your friends in a private manner. A screenshot of the social networking app Sarahah. (Photo: Sarahah) Sarahah has been the top app on Apple's App Store since July 17, says app research firm App Annie, and has been the iPhone's top app by downloads in 25 countries. So, why is Sarahah so popular? Here are four'things you should know about it: The core of Sarahah is the ability to leave "constructive feedback" to users. You can find people by using the app's search feature. If you prefer reading comments from anyone, it's set by default in the app. But you can limit this to only people who have a Sarahah account. Users can also remove themselves from search and choose to to share a web link (example: username.sarahah.com) with the people they want to receive anonymous messages. The app logs comments you have received, sent and favorited. That's the closest you get to a "follow" option if you want to continue sending feedback to a user. Currently, there's no way to respond to a message, but according to Sarahah's website, they are "studying this option. Sarahah follows a long line of social networking apps allowing its users to leave anonymous comments or ask anonymous questions. In some cases, users might share a screenshot of the message or question on another service'like Twitter and Snapchat, then leave an answer. Here's where the anonymity of Sarahah becomes not so fun: people can sometimes be mean. Several reviews on Apple's App Store cite a lot of the bad comments as reason for giving Sarahah a weak rating. As one reviewer on the App Store puts it, with a review titled Accessory to Cyber Bullying: "What did you think was gonna happen if you let people text other people anonymously? Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23 . Original Article at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/08/09/sarahah-four-thin gs-you-should-know-popular-app/551679001/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
