Yik Yakkin’ DISCLAIMER While YikYak can be seen as a harmless entertainment app, meeting up with anyone from an app is dangerous and can have serious consequences.
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s I sat in the food court of the EMU, the smell of Chipotle wafting towards me, and my heart beating out of my chest, I couldn’t help thinking that maybe meeting up with an anonymous stranger wasn’t my brightest idea. ALIGN 53
In today’s world, meeting up with someone from the internet isn’t shocking. Most people have through dating apps like Tinder, or social media like Instagram. I had done that before. But as I fidgeted anxiously with my rings and scanned the crowd nervously, I realized this was a
completely unique experience. I didn’t even know who I was looking for. I was meeting up with someone from YikYak, a social media app that allows people to post anonymous comments