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It's only four months old, and already it's causing problems:
Yik Yak anonymous message board app causes uproar at schools (Los Angeles Times)
Yik Yak anonymous message board app causes uproar at schools (Los Angeles Times)
"The app was made for users college-age and above," Brooks Buffington said in an email to the Tribune.
Buffington developed Yik Yak with Tyler Droll, a classmate at South Carolina's Furman University. The app initially was marketed to students at Southern colleges as a way to connect with others on campus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory#Postmodern_critical_theory said:The term "critical theory" is often appropriated when an author (perhaps most notably Michel Foucault) works within sociological terms, yet attacks the social or human sciences (thus attempting to remain "outside" those frames of inquiry).
Indeed.harborsparrow said:Any messaging board that is "anonymous" in an invitation for bullying and bad behavior.
Which, overall, is probably a good thing, although I would word this as "supervised" rather than "suppressed."Psinter said:Kids are suppressed a lot by adults,
Kids left to their own devices, without the supervision of adults, can find ways to get into a lot of trouble, including the explosions and killing you mentioned.Psinter said:I find no surprise in they trying to seize anonymous ways to shout back their frustration at those in charge. Explosions and killing included in the package.
In the end it wasn't anonymous at all for geo-location information was shared with authorities (just to make kids' frustration of always being under the control of adults even bigger).
True. I always avoided trouble as a kid. I never understood how my friends always got into trouble until growing a little more that I was told that "avoiding trouble is an ability many lack." Specially kids.Mark44 said:Kids left to their own devices, without the supervision of adults, can find ways to get into a lot of trouble, including the explosions and killing you mentioned.
Yik Yak is a location-based social media platform where users can anonymously post and view short messages called "yaks" within a 5-mile radius.
Yik Yak uses GPS technology to determine a user's location and show them yaks that have been posted within a 5-mile radius. Users can then upvote or downvote yaks, and the most popular ones will be displayed at the top of the feed.
While Yik Yak allows for anonymous posting, there are community guidelines in place to prevent hate speech, bullying, and other inappropriate content. Violators can be reported and have their posts removed or be banned from the platform.
Yik Yak experienced a decline in popularity in recent years and officially shut down in 2017. However, the app has been relaunched with new features and is gaining popularity once again.
Due to the anonymous nature of Yik Yak, it may not be the most reliable source for scientific research. However, it can be used as a tool to gather data on certain topics or trends within a specific location or community.