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Social Networking Stats: The Skinny on Whisper, Secret & Snapchat, plus #RLTM Scoreboard

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” Ranked among the top-20 social apps on Apple’s App Store just one week after launch, Secret imports contacts from users’ phones and then anonymously posts messages of friends, and friends of friends. Snapchat debuted back in September 2011, and has been a fairly big deal for the last year or so. Speak freely.”

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Post-Patch Hyperlocal Apps: What (If Anything) Works?

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Nextdoor isn’t a brand new app by modern conceptions of time (site launched in 2011, mobile app in 2012), but it has been well-received by major news outlets. But there are other (smaller, and more efficient) hyper-local apps out there that deserve a closer look. Businesses, pay attention.

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