Hi PH 😸, I'm Izzy 🤘. For the last 6 months, Ari, Lexi, Sara, Georgia, and I have been building Trill. Trill is an anonymous and secure social network that allows everyone to freely express their opinions. We started out by forming a team to participate the in the Technovation Challenge. Technovation is a worldwide competition that challenges high school girls to build apps tackling a problem in their communities. Disillusioned with our own sense of "privacy" in our own lives and on social media, and horrified by the stats on gen z mental health, we knew that we wanted to address those. To see if there would be interest, we started out by asking the question "What would you tell the world if no one knew you were telling it?" on Tumblr and Instagram. A bit clunky? Perhaps, but it got our message across, and we immediately received tons of submissions to a Google form. Solely through our own efforts of messaging accounts on Tumblr/IG, and those accounts in turn helping us spread the word, we reached 10,000+ email signups in around 3 weeks, and began our beta. For the last month, we have been adding more users to the beta, listening to feedback, and iterating the app. We may have built Trill, but our users are the driving force behind many feature requests, such as PMing and integrated emergency resources in the app. Feel free to ask any questions, either Ari or myself should hopefully be here throughout the day answering whatever you've got 😊.

The world needs a place connect with others experiencing the same anxieties, frustrations, worries. As we shift from public to private social medias (finstagrams, private group chats, etc.), Trill fills the void to let real conversations blossom online. I'm so incredibly impressed by Izzy, Ari, and the rest of the team. Thousands of beta testers, a thriving community, a beautiful app, all built while graduating from high school. 👏👏👏

Wow. This platform is extremely essential for people everywhere. Thanks guys! YOU ARE OUR FUTURE

Super amazing app

Pros:

anonymity, can express yoursel freely and say anything all in confidence

Cons:

Not applicable

Cool concept, saw it in Product Hunt mailing list (very annoying but sometimes see cool products like this). I'll check it out. Do you have anything open sourced, I could lend you a hand with the networking that you needed if needed. Keep it up, and keep spreading positivity.

Pros:

Clean design

Cons:

Couldn't think of one

I’ve used this since it was released, and it’s amazing. The ease of use along with the anonymity quickly made it one of my favorite apps.

Pros:

easy to use, anonymous

Cons:

none

Hi @lyomdhur. Sure and thanks! So we have created Machine Learning Models, trained from posts on Trill, that our moderators use to keep Trill safe. These models determine if a post suggests that a user wants to harm themself, someone is harming a user, or a user plans to harm others. We plan to create an API and/or license these models for developers and tech companies to use, which will allow Trill to sustain itself.

I have had this app since dev and it’s so fun and addictive! Well designed and has a great community that responds quickly and engages in healthy and helpful discussions on anything and everything.

Pros:

Super intuitive and clean design, with a supportive and understanding community.

Cons:

nope

I love being able to have my own little community within trill of people who have had to deal with similar things as me, a great way to get things off your chest without actually having to confront someone irl

Pros:

Amazing outlet for you to really be honest/ open with how you’re feeling and what you’re going through without the worry of being judged

Cons:

nope

i absolutely love this app. Because it is anonymous i feel like i can post whatever i want and people can help give me advice about my problems. it’s a very positive environment where people reach out to others when they need help or even make friends and give band recommendations. i feel like any teen could greatly benefit from downloading this app

Pros:

i love how trill is completely anonymous. you can post about anything or ask a question and not be afraid of being judged in any way.

Cons:

i haven’t faced any cons yet, this app is amazing

Awesome initiative. Suffering from depression, I am now starting to realize the need to share stuff with people without them judging us back. I hope to regain my mental health in the future, and wish the same for the rest of the lot. Any reason you guys went with just the iOS version? Plans for release on Android? A web-based variant maybe?

Could you elaborate about the business side of the project? How does it plan on monetising, what kind of information is collected/moved and how does the app intend on surviving? Congratulations on the great launch.

Nice product for a user group eager to connect to peers, I’ll be interested to see it’s user base grow.

Pros:

Clean user experience

Cons:

Takes a little time to figure out the UX

a good way to connect people, support each other, build communities.

Pros:

a safe and supportive social media platform for the marginalized community. a rare find.

Cons:

I’ll try to figure it out:)

This is a great idea for an even greater cause! I'm still curious, though. What criteria do you use to subdivide these communities? Can users create communities that they don't see? And with the number of communities growing, how will moderation be managed?

I have been in the beta for almost the whole time, and the team has been way more responsive to ths feedback than any other app. I know we asked for messaging, clicking on other user profiles, following tags, and more tgat have akl been quickly addressed by Trill. A really great community to be a part of.

Hello, I am a board-certified adult psychiatrist and am particularly interested in this kind of initiative. I feel this is so important and understand how true understanding can be the route to some relief and potentially can save lives. I am a tech-friendly doctor who is also interested in collaborating and providing professional expertise and insight to help this project. Please let me know if you would like to talk further. I think this is wonderful. Something good can come out of tragedy (Bourdain, Spade, and everyone who is touched by this uniquely painful loss). Abbyirwinmd@gmail.com

The perfect app

Pros:

Easy to use, great logo, wonderful resources, excellent design and color scheme

Cons:

No cons !!!

@arisokolov @izzy, Congrats on being hunted, the product feels quiet comprehensive and fun. Looking forward to an Android version too. Can you please share your email, want to talk with you regarding the iOS app

I love the idea of this and understand you cannot create an Android app just yet, but is there a reason why it's not available in the UK?