Social media as we know it today has birthed a new generation and perspective on social interaction. This new social platform has more than 500 million people around the world connecting on a daily basis. With that connection there is both stimulating and diabolical conversation taking place – with people sending out messages without considering the consequences.
Some who like to be a bit more smooth (like a ninja pirate captain) and stealthy in order to get their message or their point across. It’s led to people searching for the perfect way to send an anonymous message through Facebook. There are numerous reasons such as:
* Telling off your boss * Tipping off your crush that someone likes them * Connecting with a lost lover * Blowing the whistle on corruption * Providing a tip on illegal activity * Telling your neighbor to clean their damn yard up * Letting a classmate know they need to shower after gym * Letting someone know they talk entirely too loud * Informing a coworker the break room is not the place to talk about things enjoy scratching * Providing feedback to a retailer or business owner
There are a number of ways to send an anonymous message but it still begs the questions – can you send an anonymous message through Facebook? In the end, the unfortunate answer is no. At least not without doing a lot of work and in the end it’s not even truly anonymous.
If the only access you have on Facebook is through a personal profile then you have no real way to mask your identity if you’re trying to connect with someone else to send them an anonymous message. When you network with people their info pops up – name, photo and all. Yet still, even if you could pull it off how likely would someone be to open an anonymous message from “no one” with a blank picture. It would look like spam.
Facebook does a fair job of keeping their network free of spam. The only way you could truly send an anonymous message on Facebook would be to create a completely separate profile of a false identity. You would need to fill it with relevant information and flesh it out with personality and friends in order to make it look believable. Even then, the anonymous message can be traced back to your I.P. address through the social network if need be. That sounds too much like work just to send an anonymous message on Facebook.
There are other methods you can turn to that don’t require all that leg work and they have zero chance of compromising your identity. The first to consider (and the only one really) is an anonymous messaging service that will allow you to send an anonymous message to any digital contact or physical address.
Some even offer a paid premium service where you can send an anonymous letter with photos to a physical address. If you have a point to make and you want to ensure you’re heard, you can use an anonymous message service like this to provide a great deal of information without ever revealing your identity.
It’s a lot easier to send an anonymous message with these services and you don’t have to sit for hours creating meaningless profiles. The added benefit is that once you send your anonymous message, the weight will be lifted. Whatever you needed to say will be out in the open and off your chest. It’s spoken because it’s true – the truth will indeed set you free.
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