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On July 15, 2015 Yik Yak started allowing users to post photos. However, Yik Yak moderates the photos before they are actually posted. Their guidelines are that you should not post inappropriate photos (anything you wouldn’t send to your mother), illegal content, or faces will be allowed in local feeds"<ref>"Photo guidelines." Yik Yak. https://blog.yikyak.com/blog/introducing-photos </ref>. | On July 15, 2015 Yik Yak started allowing users to post photos. However, Yik Yak moderates the photos before they are actually posted. Their guidelines are that you should not post inappropriate photos (anything you wouldn’t send to your mother), illegal content, or faces will be allowed in local feeds"<ref>"Photo guidelines." Yik Yak. https://blog.yikyak.com/blog/introducing-photos </ref>. | ||
===Herd/Basecamp=== | ===Herd/Basecamp=== | ||
| − | On May 15, 2015 Yik Yak released the ability for users to set a basecamp for their yak feed. With this users would be able to set thier yak feed to a certain location even though they are not actually in that area."<ref>" | + | On May 15, 2015 Yik Yak released the ability for users to set a basecamp for their yak feed. With this users would be able to set thier yak feed to a certain location even though they are not actually in that area. Once you set up your herd, you will have the capability to switch between posting in your local feed or your "My Herd" feed."<ref>"My Herd." Yik Yak. http://blog.yikyak.com/blog/basecamp </ref> |
===Peek=== | ===Peek=== | ||
==Ethical Implications== | ==Ethical Implications== | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 13 February 2016
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Yik Yak is a location-based social media application that was developed by Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington, both of whom graduated from Furman University. They created this application with the goal, "to create a way for people to instantly connect with everyone around them. As of now, Yik Yak is now located in over 2000 campuses across the United States"[1].
Yik Yak works off anonymous submissions from people within a certain proximity. The main page consists of a refreshable feed of posts users have made, and the application prefers to call these posts "yaks". As a user you are allowed to upvote, downvote, and comment on these yaks[2]. The user will build up yakarma as they do more of these actions.
Contents
History
Features
Photo Sharing
On July 15, 2015 Yik Yak started allowing users to post photos. However, Yik Yak moderates the photos before they are actually posted. Their guidelines are that you should not post inappropriate photos (anything you wouldn’t send to your mother), illegal content, or faces will be allowed in local feeds"[3].
Herd/Basecamp
On May 15, 2015 Yik Yak released the ability for users to set a basecamp for their yak feed. With this users would be able to set thier yak feed to a certain location even though they are not actually in that area. Once you set up your herd, you will have the capability to switch between posting in your local feed or your "My Herd" feed."[4]
Peek
Ethical Implications
Bullying & Cyberbullying
References
- ↑ "about." Yik Yak. https://www.yikyak.com/about
- ↑ "features." Yik Yak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yik_Yak
- ↑ "Photo guidelines." Yik Yak. https://blog.yikyak.com/blog/introducing-photos
- ↑ "My Herd." Yik Yak. http://blog.yikyak.com/blog/basecamp
