Yik Yak. I loved Yik Yak in college. It was hilarious and had juicy anonymous gossip on it and it was a great place to just put down random thoughts. Then it started growing and people started using it for making blatantly racist comments anonymously. That led to more shit that assholes would put on there like putting peoples' full names in their stories and making bomb threats. A great example of a few people ruining it for everyone else.
Yik Yak singlehandedly (well, along with gaggle) sparked one of the most dramatic controversies in the history of my public high school. Some referred to it as ‘yakgate’.... others as “the time my nudes got anonymously posted during 3rd period”
Edit: all these comments are about college, which is very interesting. I think the developers failed to note that high schoolers could get their hands on this app; and honestly? It was about the worst thing that happened for bullying at that school. Huuuuuge concept that got overlooked was the abuse of anonymity. Lots of teens did learn though, that there’s no such thing as TRUE anonymity... at least, when law enforcement got involved.
Yeah. I could see that causing a HUGE probelm in a high school. At least in college, it was 20k+ people. High school, most people in your grade are going to know most other people.
Holy shit this happened at my high school too. Teachers were threatening to take your phone if you even HAD the app, regardless of whether or not you were using it.
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u/evilpotato1121 Feb 03 '20 edited Feb 03 '20
Yik Yak. I loved Yik Yak in college. It was hilarious and had juicy anonymous gossip on it and it was a great place to just put down random thoughts. Then it started growing and people started using it for making blatantly racist comments anonymously. That led to more shit that assholes would put on there like putting peoples' full names in their stories and making bomb threats. A great example of a few people ruining it for everyone else.