Marc Andreessen Bashes Secret-Sharing Apps in Extended Subtweet
No matter how hard we try to ignore them, anonymous gossip apps like Secret and Whisper find new and terrifying ways to alter the media landscape.
And now, finally, a grown-up has come along to scold the immature tech types who use these apps to anonymously talk smack on their fellow human beings.
Marc Andreessen unleashed a Twitter tirade on Friday bashing social media systems that “encourage negative behavior, tearing people down, making fellow souls sad.” He didn’t mention Whisper or Secret by name. But those apps fit the profile — and he expressly stated that he wasn’t referring to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Path and Snapchat.
Here are the tweets:
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444709881900064770
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444710221596745728
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444710538707095552
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444710962549882881
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444711728446590976
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444712063193993217
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444712485250031618
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444712765777670145
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444713031897845761
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444713435184390145
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444713752785473536
But wait, there’s more:
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444941023710433280
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444941220775604224
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444941520441835520
https://twitter.com/pmarca/statuses/444941935531134976
Ouch. It’s like in middle school, when your teacher scolded the whole class for something only you and your friends did. Mr. Andreessen perfectly nailed the “you know who you are and you know what you did” vibe, with just a dash of “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed.”
Recode points out that some ~hilarious~ soul posted an anonymous rebuttal on Secret: “News flash: most-disliked VCs on Secret dislike Secret.”
And here we thought New Yorkers were the bitchy ones. Thanks to Secret and Whisper, Silicon Valley is sounding more and more like a Real Housewives franchise.