Anonymous Messenger

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Overview

This base is an attempt to create an anonymous messenging or surveying platform. The idea is a read-only Gallery View is shared with the public/person you wish to message, and a single record is displayed with the desired message. The reader can then open that record and click on a form link to respond. Once responded, the Gallery View shows the latest message and response until a new message is sent.

Note:

Form submissions in the form link of this Universe base will not appear on the Universe page, since updates to Universe base contents must be manually pushed (although I appreciate your responses / testing of the form! :) ).

How It Works

Here are the basic steps:

  1. Enter a new message into either of the Grid Views ("Message Send/Receipt" or "Message Timeline"). Make sure it is linked to the "Msngr" record from the "Link" table. This should auto-link if you create a new record within the grouped views of either Grid View.
  2. Send a read-only shareable view link of the Gallery View titled "Latest Message" to the desired recipient. They will see only the record ID of the message, the message text, and a link to a unique, pre-filled form where they can respond.
  3. Once a response is submitted, the Gallery View only displays the latest message and latest response. Once a new message is added from Step 1 (of this list), the latest response is removed in place of a new form link.

Alternative Uses

Just for fun:

  1. Spy stuff
  2. Planning a surprise party (without using a normal messaging app)
  3. ???

Have fun :)

  • Alex

twitter.com/alxwlfe

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

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Updated June 10, 2021 at 1:13 PM
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