The people you always encounter on Yik Yak
‘If you love your mom upvote this’
What do you get when you mix social media with an anonymous platform that not only allows but encourages people to share things they otherwise wouldn’t have the nerve to share? Yik Yak.
It’s like freedom of speech on steroids: you can say whatever you want whenever you want about whatever – or usually, whoever – you want, and no one has to know you said it.
Scrolling down your feed, you may notice a lot of the same things. People getting dumbed. People asking for hookups. People trying to force their views on others. The basis of the content is same; it’s just worded differently. Here are a few types of people you will inevitably come across every freakin’ time: