The almost anonymous social network for corporate careers, controversies
Instagram and Facebook are for holiday and food pictures; and Quora and Medium for help and information on any topic under the sun. Where do you discuss work and career then? Sign up at Blind. Blind is gaining traction in India, promising credible conversations on workplace topics like salaries, careers, corporate culture and controversies. Blind, according to the company page, is a community “where verified professionals connect to discuss what matters most.” It has Quora-like threads on various aforementioned subjects but with a difference: the user is anonymous, almost. Blind asks users to reveal the name of their company, which is mentioned alongside their screen-names. It encourages users to register through their corporate email IDs—people opting for personal IDs can only read and not post on the threads. Users identities are kept secret. The platform, in total, has 58,000 registered professionals from Microsoft, 45,000 from Amazon, 19,000 from Google, 15,000 from F...