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Secret Version 2 is on its way

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Secret, a mobile app which allowed users to post snippets of texts anonymously, is coming back to give people a mode to express their honest views on the current political scenario.

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Stressing on the need for an anonymous sharing app in the aftermath of recently concluded US presidential elections, Secret co-creator David Byttow posted a message on Facebook saying, “Secret V2 is coming. It’s too important not to exist.”

According to the TechCrunch report, Secret which was shut down in 2015 due to cyber bullying, is coming back with version 2 to “address the downsides of current social media products.”

The report states that "Social media is to blame for presenting biased news, thus further dividing our nation and widening the canyon between conservative and liberal ideologies, something Byttow wishes to address in the new Secret."

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There won’t be a new Secret app. Byttow will instead appoint a team to resurrect the app as he is also currently running an enterprise startup, Bold.

“People don’t have a good space to be their most authentic selves, especially to people they know,” Byttow said. “There is too much fear, and there is too little self-awareness. We need more self-awareness, starting with Silicon Valley. We are in a bubble. The truth wants to be set free. Only then can we begin to understand and only then can we heal and work together.”

Without leaning on venture capital to build the new app, the income coming from the app will be donated to charities, such as the "ACLU and Planned Parenthood, which has been threatened under a Trump presidency."

Though, Byttow is yet to confirm the launch of the app, the arrival of an app which encourages free speech is being awaited by many.