The app has traditionally been used for making confessions about one's self, not gossip about other people. On the other hand, since users post anonymously to Whisper, there's no way to verify whether or not the post is true. If the Whisper post is true, it marks the first time someone has used the app to break national news, and it draws questions about the future of the app and community-journalism.
Zimmerman's tweet refers to Vanity Fair's decision to kill a profile about Paltrow last year. Vanity Fair chickened out, so Whisper got the scoop: An anonymous source says Gwyneth Paltrow is cheating. The Whisper post started to get a lot of attention after the app's new editor in chief and Gawker's former viral news star Neetzan Zimmerman tweeted it earlier today:
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