Recently I’ve started using the anonymous social media app Yik Yak and I’m loving it. It’s such a random space where people post whatever they want anonymously. This isn’t the first anonymous social media app but it’s probably one of the best ones I’ve used. For one thing users can up vote or down vote posts so there is a bit of quality control and the app also works depending on your area not just what country you’re in. So in Salmiya it’s usually posts by AUK students while in the city it’s usually posts by people who work there. There is a pretty active community and there is always something interesting to read.
Obviously when you have a bunch of anonymous guys and girls leaving messages you’re going to get lots of dirty stuff and a lot of gossip, but you also get a lot of personal posts like the ones I’ve screenshotted above. So if you’re looking for a social media app where the number of followers you have isn’t important and everyone is equal, give Yik Yak a try. It’s available on both the iPhone and Android devices.
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its awfully misused in Kuwait
its anonymous, it’s misused everywhere not just kuwait lol
I can totally see myself zoning out on this and wasting my time! Lol
But ouch, the post on the right made me sad. Can’t believe people would do that
This might be anonymous to other people put definitely not anonymous to the developer, app store owners, telecom provider and the list goes on.
True! Big Brother is watching
if someone could translate the one on the right about the handicap stuff, that’d be awesome. really curious as to what he/she is saying.
The handicapped person is basically saying that he doesn’t mind people to stare at him (in a weird way, since he’s handicapped) but he hates it when people start saying things like thank god, or something like that. which basically means that they are thanking god because they don’t have that disability.
I can’t download it, it says that the app is not available in your country
To Nico: you can download it if you have a foreign account like US
Alright, how can i change it ? (I have a samsung)
Google search Yik Yak apk and download it as a file on your phone (not through play store).
I found u direct link, open it on ur phone and click download on the upper right corner.
www49.zippyshare.com/v/XIF1oRvK/file.html
Thanks man it worked !
The handicap message is very touching… He is saying that he/she doesn’t mind people to stare at him/her but hate it when people say “thanks God ” in front of his face (meaning “thanks god” that they don’t have this disability)
How stupid are these people ?
Been using the app for a while now, sometimes it gets really crowded with kids and ignorant people who just bully everyone. And sometimes it gets really good.
I really hope you know what you’re doing Mark, shouting it out like that may get the wrong people using it.
my readers are not the wrong people, if anything they’re the right people.
awww! That’s genuinely such a nice thing to say! *feeling touched*
#teammark #teammagenta
I was using SECRET, which was kinda the same, outside kuwait was really fun, then here it was kinda bored.
but i found out last week , they closed the app.
apparently case the app was not used for the right intentions or whatever.
i’ll try this one.
thanks.
its fun, but lately lots of nasty people with weird ass fetish!