Slack Anonymous Messaging and Whistleblowing

Build a psychologically safe workplace with responsible anonymity, moderated by AI and team effort, directly in Slack!

OpenSay Slack Anonymous App

Slack Brilliant Bot

Trusted by over 2000 teams with 550,000+ users

Anonymous Feedback in Slack with Messages

Anonymous Slack Messages & Replies

Allow Slack team members to post, reply and give karma anonymously

Authors can show a Slack usergroup they belong to

Authors can tag the message - e.g. ๐Ÿ’ก Idea, ๐Ÿšฉ Concern, ๐Ÿ† Praise, ๐Ÿค” Question, ๐Ÿ’ฌ Feedback etc.

Posts with negative karma are hidden

Repliers are distinguished by pseudonyms

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Moderated by AI. Directly in Slack!

LLMs automatically detect Toxicity, NSFW, Harassment, PII, and more

Admins can create Custom Rules to enforce their own workspace policies

Enable Custom AI moderation settings globally or per specific channel

Supports analysis of over 100 languages

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Message Safety Settings
Anonymous Polls in Slack

Anonymous Slack Polls

Create Slack polls where both pollster and voter are anonymous

Options can be dynamically added

Live poll results are updated instantly as votes come in

Polls can be set with single or multi choices

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Anonymous Pulse Surveys via Private DMs

Send confidential pulse surveys directly to employees via private 1-on-1 Slack DMs

Eliminate public channel peer pressure to gather high-fidelity, honest feedback

Real-time response dashboards and aggregated feedback score breakdowns in app.opensay.co

Target specific Slack usergroups, departments, or the entire organization

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Anonymous Pulse Surveys in Slack

Private Whistleblower Hotline

Whistleblower reporting channel directly inside Slack with /whisper

Threaded two-way anonymous conversations between submitters and designated reviewers

Submitters can remain completely anonymous or reveal their identity

Keep all compliance communications audit-proof and within Slack

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Private Whistleblower Hotline in Slack
Anonymous Peer Recognitions

Anonymous Peer Recognitions

Allow Slack team members to recognize, praise or give Kudos to others

AI is used to verify that the recognition is of positive sentiment

Admins can set the amount of allowed positive sentiment

Members can't give shoutouts to themselves

Shoutouts are real-time generated images - easily embedded anywhere images are supported

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Limit Anonymity to Specific Channels

Admins can choose to allow usage of anonymity only in specific public or private channels

Only members of an allowed private channel can use anonymity there

Perfect for suggestion box, Ask Me Anything (AMA) and townhall channels

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Anonymous Feedback in Specific Slack Channels
Highly Configurable

Highly Configurable

Admins can customize OpenSay to fit their Slack team's needs

Distributed teams may choose to limit anonymous feedback to specific languages

Karma & Flags thresholds can be set to allow unpopular opinions to be heard

HR may require only positive anonymous sentiment

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Moderated by Team Effort

Team members can self-regulate anonymous messages by flagging a message as inappropriate

When a message reaches a threshold (3 by default) flag reports, the message is deleted and the flag reporters are mentioned (to avoid trolls)

When a message's Karma is below a threshold (0 by default) the message is hidden

Encouraging contrarian thoughts - admins can set the number of required flag reports and the Karma threshold

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OpenSay for Slack - Example Usage
OpenSay for Slack - Example Usage

Easy Command Line Interface

Use the /anon command to launch OpenSay's menu

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Latest Blogs

Workplace insights on psychological safety, feedback culture, and anonymity.

How to Be Anonymous in Slack: A Comprehensive Guide

Slack

How to Be Anonymous in Slack: A Comprehensive Guide

Learn how to enable anonymous messaging in Slack with OpenSay. Enhance feedback, ensure psychological safety, and comply with whistleblowing regulations


Jun 28, 2024

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6 min

Reimagining the Whistleblower Hotline: Why Whisper is Better

Slack

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Whispers

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Whistleblower Hotline

Reimagining the Whistleblower Hotline: Why Whisper is Better

Foster trust, openness and comply with whistleblowing regulations


Jun 27, 2024

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3 min

Scheduled Engagements: Open Feedback in Slack

Slack

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New Features

Scheduled Engagements: Open Feedback in Slack

Periodically ask for anonymous team feedback with Scheduled Engagements!


Jan 19, 2023

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4 min

Slack How-Tos & Feature Guides

Step-by-step documentation to master anonymous messaging, polls, whispers, and administrative controls in Slack.