Anonymous messaging applications were all the rage back in mid-2010. Yik Yak, one of the most popular on the back on the day, goes off in 2017, but now it is back from the dead. A new version has reached the iOS application store.
Yik Yak is only available in the US. UU and on iPhone for now, as Matsable Notes, but it will soon expand to other regions and devices. As before, it is an application of the message board that connects you with other people within a five-mile radius. However, that localized aspect, plus the fact that users can publish anonymously, led to harassing reports and widespread harassment (and even pump threats) in Yik Yak in Colleges, secondary schools and other places.
Yik Yak developers revived seem aware of the problem. Along with mental health resources and guidance to stay safe, the application website establishes extensive “community handrails”.
Yik Yak does not allow users to publish personal information or participate in any type of bullying, harassment, fanaticism or threats. Users are not allowed to promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. “Violent detectives too graphic”, “spam, false news, dissuading others from voting in elections and trolling are also out of limits. Although community management is a difficult nut to break and anonymity add an additional obstacle to Enforce the rules, prohibiting a wide range of harmful content at the beginning is a positive movement.
After Yik Yak goes out in 2017, partly because many of its users moved to other applications such as Snapchat, Plaza bought some of the intellectual properties of the application and hired several engineers. It is still not clear who is behind the new version.
Although Yik Yak and anonymous courier partner, the shop closed, the whisper based on the image has been stuck since 2012. That is even though your own problems try, such as exposing user information (including location data Identifiable) in a database that was open to all for years.
