How mutual reveal works

Some anonymous message apps sell the answer to "who sent this?". DropAsecret doesn't. A sender's identity is shown only when both people in the conversation agree to it. We call that mutual reveal.

Who's anonymous, and who isn't

In every conversation, one side is already known: the link owner. The sender chose to write to that person's link. So a reveal is about one thing only: the owner learning who the sender is.

How asking works

Either person can ask to reveal, from inside the conversation.

1. One of you asks. Your side shows that you're waiting for an answer.
2. The other person sees the request and chooses: yes or no.
3. If both of you have said yes, the reveal happens, with a short countdown, and the conversation carries on with the sender's name at the top.
4. If the answer is no, the request simply ends and the asker's side goes back to how it was.

Each choice is private. A request can be declined without the other person being told "they said no". A request that isn't answered in time ends the same way.

To stop a "no" being worn down, there's a limit: after three declined requests in a row in one conversation, the asker has to wait a while before asking again. That applies on every plan, because it protects the person saying no, not the person paying.

What gets revealed

When a reveal happens, the owner sees a name the sender chooses, plus the sender's username and profile photo if they have a link of their own. Earlier messages stay in the conversation, so you can scroll back and reread them knowing who wrote them.

The reveal applies to that one conversation. It doesn't connect the sender's other conversations, past or future, to their name.

How many reveals you get

On the free plan, a link owner has three reveals a week. A reveal only counts once it actually happens, when both of you have said yes, so asking and being told no doesn't use one up. Plus and Creator Pro have no limit.

Nobody can pay to see your name

This is the point of the whole feature. There is no button that shows a sender's name without their yes, at any price. Plus members can see some hints about a sender, such as the kind of phone they used or which app they found the link in, but hints never include a name, email, phone number or IP address. See what anonymous really means for exactly what's shared.

Before you say yes

• Think about the conversation, not just the moment. Once your name is shown, it can't be hidden again in that conversation.
• Look at what you've already said. Everything you wrote is now attached to you.
• You don't owe anyone a yes. Saying no, or not answering, is a normal part of how this works.

Before you ask

• Ask when the conversation is going somewhere, not as an opening line.
• If they say no, let it go. Being asked again and again is exactly what the limit is there to stop.