In an attempt to widen its presence on the Internet, Facebook, one of the largest tech companies, has launched a new mobile app, Rooms, that attempts to bring back forum-style "rooms."

The app was launched on Thursday and was created by Josh Miller, according to the Wall Street Journal. Miller, 24, dropped out of Princeton University and was co-founder of the online-discussion site Branch, which was sold to Facebook in January.

Rooms will allow users to create individual rooms for different purposes like discussing current events or specific interests, among other things. Contributors, who can opt to be anonymous, can post images and videos on the rooms, which would appear chronologically.

Despite being associated with Facebook, which has weathered criticism over its privacy rules and stance against anonymity, Miller has said Rooms is independent from the social media giant and would not share any information with users' Facebook profiles nor would it use a person's contact list.

"Now you can connect with people anywhere around the world who like something as much as you do," Miller said, according to USA Today.

The person who creates the room has control over how private or public it will be, and users can create different pseudonyms for different rooms. It does not ask for a first or last name when signing up, just a username. A room creator also has control over the room's color scheme and cover image.

"There is a good reason in a lot of situations why you don't want people to know who you are, and it's not because of something sketchy," Miller said.

"We want to give people flexibility because that's what they want."

Miller added that a Rooms is planning an Android and desktop version of the app and will plan for reward people who create rooms in a YouTube-like model.