Fun fact: Yik Yak was submitted the most in the survey we sent to teens asking for product suggestions.
Yik Yak is blowing up recently and I'm commend them for taking steps to fight bullying. How do you seeing teens use it, @orbuch?
cc'ing a few others that may have some thoughts on this: @kyry@michaelsayman@kevincolleran@john@sammy
@rrhoover Been following YikYak since their early days. Super hard to moderate these communities, especially with very 'sensitive' cultural issues. For instance, what is considered a joke in community A is seen as harsh in community B.
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@rrhoover I think they still have a way to go on the bullying front, it's def a hard problem--but as for usage, it gives an incredible view of the sentiment and sort of "private conversations" of those around you. It's interesting. I'm curious how much of an internal priority high schools are for them, or if they're planning only on colleges. // @hunterwalk…See more
@rrhoover We used an anonymous message board at my high school and it was *completely* out of control. Teens certainly hasn't changed since, so I'm curious too how they'll solve this.
