Socialmoth

The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.

Founded2007

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01 / WHAT IT BUILT

What the company did

Socialmoth was a Y Combinator Winter 2007 startup: an online community where users posted their thoughts anonymously—mostly gossip and secrets—visible to the whole community, with updates when friends posted. The majority of members were women, with over 600 posts made per day. The team later spun off Disenchat.com (anonymous workplace posting, verified by employer email) and Overhear.us (corporate gossip). The company is now listed as dead.

02 / FAILURE REASONS

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03 / EVENT HISTORY

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04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT

Difficulty of rebuilding this project today

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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH

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