How replies and conversations work

On most anonymous message sites, a message is a dead end: someone sends it, you read it, and that's that. On DropAsecret every message starts a conversation. You can reply, they can answer, and it can go on as long as you both want, with the sender anonymous the whole way.

Replying to a message

Open any message in your inbox and write back. Your reply goes only to the person who sent it, not to anyone else. If you'd rather answer in public, you can also share the message to your story as an image; sharing a message to your story explains how.

You can also react to a message with an emoji. Six reactions come free: ❤️ 😂 😮 😢 🔥 👍. Plus adds more.

How the sender gets your reply

When someone sends you a message, their device keeps a private key to that conversation. When you reply, they can open the conversation again and see your answer. Everything they've started is listed in one place, under Your chats.

If they're signed in, their chats follow their account, so they can pick up the conversation on any device. If they sent as a guest, the conversation lives in that browser. Clearing the browser's cookies loses the way back in, so a guest who wants to keep a conversation should sign in.

Who's who in a conversation

You always know whose link it is: the sender wrote to you on purpose. The sender, on the other hand, shows up as a random nickname such as "Anonymous Fox 42". The nickname is different in every conversation, so two messages from the same person don't look connected, and nobody can follow one person across your inbox.

What you never see about a sender: their name, email address, phone number or IP address. That's true whether or not they're signed in. What anonymous really means covers the details, including the hints Plus members can get.

Notifications

If you've turned notifications on, you hear when a new message or reply arrives. The notification says that something arrived, never what it says. That keeps the words off your lock screen, and off anyone's screen who happens to glance at it.

Ending a conversation

Either side can end things:

• As the link owner you can delete a conversation. That removes its messages and voice notes for both of you.
• As the sender you can leave a conversation. You lose access to it, but the owner keeps their copy.
• Either of you can report a conversation if it crosses a line, and the owner can block the sender without ever learning who they are.

When you want to know who it is

Sometimes a conversation gets good enough that you want to know who's on the other side. That's what mutual reveal is for: either of you can ask, and a name is only shown if both of you say yes.

Good habits

• Reply to the messages you'd like more of. People notice what you answer.
• Keep private things private. A reply goes to one person, but they can screenshot it, just like any message.
• If someone keeps coming back with something you don't want, don't argue: block them and move on.