Social media app expands student communication

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A social networking app is growing in presence and has become a major source of news, gossip and updates for many students.

It’s called Yik Yak and is a location-based messaging application similar to Twitter, but with a few key differences that create a more open environment.

Yik Yak users post or “yak,” anonymously. There are no names, photos or links to profiles. Nobody knows who posts what, which makes playing the game more open and less biased.

According to Wojdylo, a social media blog, Yik Yak has become an incredibly popular app by combining social media with a game in which you can accumulate points. “Yakarma” is the point system that up-voting and down-voting affects.

One can gain points when yaks get up-voted and also gain points when the user replies to a yak. These points are not really used for anything though, they mostly show how often the user is on yik yak and how popular the user’s yaks are.

Source: www.technicianonline.com

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