Why is Yik Yak controversial? Yik Yak was founded in 2013 by Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington and became popular on college campuses and high schools in 2014.Yik Yak was shutdown in 2017afterlosing popularity in 2016. It was home to rampant harassment, bullying, and threats of mass violen...
My experience with Yik Yak was … not great. I downloaded the app and used it on a college campus to see what the hype was all about. The setup is straightforward. There is only one question: “What is your phone number?” Then you must agree to the terms, which include the Communit...
We report different Yik Yak usage patterns, and analyze Yik Yak posts' thread structures.Joon-Suk LeeSeungwon YangAmanda L. MunsonLusene DonzoSocial Computing and Social Media: Applications and Analytics: 9th International Conference, SCSM 2017, Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Vancouver, ...
Yik Yak’s creatorssaythe app was intended for college campuses, and to their credit, they have taken steps to prevent similar events from occurring. They changed the app’s rating to 17+, which is a good initial step, but only works if parental restrictions have been enabled on the devic...
Sidechat resembles a previously popular anonymous app called Yik Yak, which launched in 2013 and allowed users to see posts from people within a 5-mile radius. The app wasbannedfrom at least half a dozen campuses after concerns about bullying and harassment on the platform. SidechatacquiredYik...
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I would advise, however, that since the app was definitely intended for college campuses and older teens (17+), parents avoid any trouble for this app and others like it by simply setting age restrictions on your under 17 kids’ mobile devices. Beyond that simple step, however, is the har...
I’m just gonna go right out there and say it: Yik Yak is the greatest social media platform since Facebook. Fuck twitter. Say it with me now, FUCK twitter. Twitter’s just a bunch of people I thought I was interested in demonstrating to me that I was wrong about that. LinkedIn can...
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(over 300 in 1 hour from an app that no one has) to fake posts that are just verge college memes with the school name thrown into it. I was genuinely excited to see something like YikYak without all the things that I hate about YikYak, but for some god awful reason we need to ...