[ryandrake]

Not sure how you can call these apps anonymous or "semi-anonymous". I tried Secret a month or so ago, and the first thing it asked me for was my phone number. So, this one requires Facebook? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the meaning of "anonymous".

[socmoth]

You probably don't (but you knew that). But that is why we explicitly call it semi anonymous not anonymous. (with no quotes)

It isn't a contract just a word choice that guides people to the expectation of how the app works.

[ethanhunt_]

Agree on Facebook, but how would you get around the phone number for Secret? I don't have the app, but as I understand it, it uses your contacts list to find out who to send messages to (i.e., the phone number is the username that it uses to know to send your friends' posts to you).