Facebook brings back the anonymous chatroom

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Facebook brings back the anonymous chatroom

Facebook's latest app Rooms lets people chat about shared interests
People make up names and switch them up between chatrooms
The app is only available for iOS users and launches Thursday







(CNN) -- Remember in the late '90s when you would kill time in AOL and IRC chatrooms or post on Usenet? You'd strike up conversations with strangers about subjects you were all interested in, say "The X-Files," container gardening or The Fugees.
Facebook wants to bring some of that community back with

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Is Facebook horning in on the anonymous app wave?

Report says Facebook working on a Secret-like anonymous sharing app
Facebook is no stranger to buying, or copying, competitors
App will debut in a few weeks, New York Times says
Facebook has mimicked Flipboard, Snapchat and even Twitter







(CNN) -- As the reigning champion of social media, Facebook has adopted a fairly consistent strategy in dealing with upstart competitors: If you can't buy 'em, copy 'em.
And it looks like the burgeoning field of anonymous sharing apps may be next.
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