In a world where anonymity is misused every day, can a new Indian anonymous platform make sure it’s not the next 4chan?
Zorro is coming. Named after American pulp writer Johnston McCulley’s vigilante, it’s a social network positioned as the ultimate in anonymous online communities for the Indian diaspora.
“Wear a mask & build your own private identity,” says its home page, where you can join the waiting list. Zorro has already taken the limelight. Not because of its pitch or its three founders—Jasveer Singh, Deepak Kumar and Abhishek Asthana (who goes by the popular handle “@GabbbarSingh” on Twitter)—who are interesting in their own right, but because it is backed by some of the heavyweights of the Indian startup community, with a …
Mahima is a former writer at The Morning Context, who covered large tech companies and what they do in India. Previously, she wrote about business, economy and markets with a special focus on startups at BloombergQuint, where she says she learnt financial journalism on the job.
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