Hello Steemit Friends,
In the world of internet it does not take much time for anything to get viral. Taking about android and iOS application, every time we find some or the other app getting viral. I hope you still remember "Pokemon Go" app. Ahh, i still remember my friends roving everywhere just to catch pokemon. Even there was news of some "pokemon hunter" job. What? Seriously? Doesn't it sound absurd? So now there is new viral hit on the web and it is called "Sarahah". Haven't you seen yet your Facebook feed flooding with Sarahah post. You may have seen hundreds and thousands of posts shared by your friends via Sarahah. Wondering what is it all about?
First let me tell you something about this app
Sarahah was created in February as a website by a developer from Saudi Arabia called ZainAlabdin Tawfiq as a way for people to share honest thoughts anonymously with their friends and contacts. However it was on June 13 Tawfiq released an app version of Sarahah on both the iOS App Store and Google Play.And yes it went absolutely wildfire.On Google Play Store, the messaging application has now entered the “5,000,000-10,000,000” installs range. Isn't the number huge looking in terms of number of days?
So what is "Sarahah" for ?
In the words of the app itself: "Sarahah helps you in discovering your strengths and areas for improvement by receiving honest feedback from your employees and your friends in a private manner."
Coming to it terminology it is an Arabic word which means "honesty".It is just an anonymous A light-weight messaging app such as messenger that lets people send messages to any random person only if that person has the app installed too. In order to find that person either you will have the link to that person's "Sarahah" profile or you can also search for the profile using user ID or email address. After downloading, you need to set up your profile with a custom url like "swaraj.sarahah.com" (this is not my account so don't try to trick me with some random message, haha)
So why it has gone viral?
It is because receiver of the message doesn't even get to know the sender's identity. In other words "the message is sent anonymously" .So once you register yourself you can update the same in your social media and get some crazy message. You can even confess anyone without getting noticed if you want to. The "fun" part using this app is fooling your friends with some random/crazy/weird messages. Isn't it real fun guys?
Can this app propagate cyber bullying?
I say yes, if not used diligently. It is just like our love "Bitcoin" causing "WannaCry ransomware attack".Every chance people can misuse this application and use the app as a means of cyber bullying as they have freedom to send anonymous messages to anyone.
Final Thoughts
Using this app will really be fun looking at its use. But we should keep in mind to keep just as to "fun" among our friends and not to cause anyone trouble. If you ever have an idea to tell you ex-girlfriend/ex-boyfriend "I love you baby,Come back", then you can surely try out this app,haha.
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