Pakistani developers grab second position at Facebook's F8 Hackathon
At least 145 developers were divided into 53 teams.
CALIFORNIA (Web Desk) – Pakistani developers grabbed second position in the Facebook’s F8 Hackathon in San Jose, California
This year, Facebook added a two-day hackathon in the annual conference in which developers from across the world were selected to compete using the social media giant’s technologies. At least 145 developers were divided into 53 teams.
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Participants in group photo
Pakistan’s Asad Memon and Azka Qaiser’s project was declared second best in the conference. The couple built an application that helps users communicate with pseudo-names in Facebook groups.
The duo will get $10,000 USD, Facebook for Developers blog post, F8 blog post and Special hackathon swag.
Asad Memon gave the details of his project on his Facebook profile.
"We noticed a common pattern in many discussion groups: A lot of members want to discuss important issues but many topics are best discussed in anonymity. Unfortunately, Facebook’s real-name policy forces them to keep mum when they have a lot to contribute otherwise," the Pakistani developers said while giving project information and the reason behind their idea.
They said a Facebook group ‘Soul Sisters Pakistan’ became major inspiration for them to build the app.
"It is a Facebook group only for females from all around the world connecting them together.
It’s a platform where women can ask, share and discuss things they like, but many times there are situations when people don’t want to reveal their identity but they want solution to their problem at the same time.
In such a scenario, they started sending their issues to their friends to post them ‘Anonymously’ on their behalf. This is a ‘hack’ that is widely used by the community.Usually under the hashtag #anonymous or #anonymouspost".
