Anonymous social network Whisper is known for being, well, anonymous. But now the company is undertaking a new effort to reach its most troubled users.
Whisper is adding user-created videos to its nonprofit arm, Your Voice, with the hope it will help inspire users who are struggling to deal with mental illness and other issues many of its young users face.
Your Voice is Whisper's non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental illness and providing resources to the users who need them.
The site now also allows users to upload candid videos of themselves talking about how they dealt with and overcame issues like bullying, abuse, stress or mental illness. The goal, says Whisper cofounder Brad Brooks, is twofold: to inspire people who are struggling with mental illness or other issues through encouragement from their peers, and to help provide those users — who are most often teens or young adults — with offline resources that can help them. Read more...
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