There are quite a few social media apps out there with each adding their own flavor to the mix. Yik Yak is a relatively new app in the social media arena founded in 2013. It allows users to create and view anonymous messages within their ‘communities’, defined by a radius of 10 mile.
Note: Yik Yak is available on iOS, Android
What is Yik Yak?
To start using Yik Yak, users only need to provide a phone number on their mobile device. Then they can start posting.
Yik Yak is anonymous, in the sense that it does not record or display any personal identification. However, when registering, the user creates a handle. They can choose to make a post or ‘yak’ with or without a handle.
Possibility to post photos but only those that do not contain faces.
Users have many options when viewing yaks. For example, you can choose to see only people in your local community.
In addition, you can view Yaks in the following categories:
- trending topics
- national herd
- global herd
- storage forum
You can even do a search to find yak from the locations you specify.
Note: Private chat has also been added
A history of your notifications is kept as well as a history of your yaks and replies.
In the app’s settings you can choose to enable sharing of yaks with friends as well as the ‘My Herd’ option. ‘My Herd’ allows you to easily identify the specific community you belong to. Also you can set a pin code to protect your yak.
If you want to use your desktop web app, you’ll need to authenticate this activity with your mobile app first. You will be provided with an authentication code that you will need to enter into the web application.
You can also view the top yaks in your area as well as other top yaks.
One of the more interesting and unique aspects of Yik Yak is the concept of Yakarma.
Yakarma is a measure of user activity on the app. Post yak, vote and reply yak, as well as share yak will get yakarma.
Bullying always seems to be on apps that hide users’ identities. Unfortunately, Yik Yak was not able to escape this plague. However, the company has shown to be proactive with a system that filters out negative posts. There is also a yak voting system that ensures that if the yak gets enough negative feedback it will be removed.
Conclusion
The appeal of Yik Yak is that it allows users to communicate with others on diverse topics without knowing the people they are interacting with.
This means that people have the opportunity to talk to people they might not normally have. This app is currently mostly popular with college students.
Yik Yak has so far had a solid user base, and while it hasn’t hit its recent growth targets, it offers a fresh approach to social media.
With the rollout of features like private chat, company executives have once again shown initiative in trying to keep the app as relevant as possible.
Yik Yak is definitely an interesting piece of content on social media and you should check it out if it appeals to you.
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