OVERVIEW
Whisper is a pseudonymous space for honest conversation and peer support. Safety tooling runs alongside privacy so people can vent without doxxing themselves.
THE PROBLEM
- Anonymous networks attract harassment when moderation is reactive only.
- Mental-health adjacent topics need escalation paths without breaking anonymity norms.
- Feeds optimized for outrage destroy trust in vulnerable communities.
THE SOLUTION
- We designed topic rooms with norms pinned at entry and lightweight reputation for helpful contributors.
- AI-assisted classifiers flag self-harm, hate, and sexual content for review queues with human override.
- User-controlled anonymity levels limit what metadata is shown by default.
- Reporting flows are one-tap with optional context to speed moderator decisions.
- Rate limits and new-account throttles reduce brigading.
- Crisis resources surface contextually when classifiers cross sensitive thresholds.
- Encrypted transport and minimal retention policies align engineering defaults with the product promise.
