What the hack is Yik Yak?

As if college kids needed another place to anonymously say whatever is on their mind, a relatively new platform is making it way through Athens and cities everywhere. Yik Yak, as it is called, has become the new bathroom stall of social media. Users can literally say anything that they want as long as it is  within the 200 character limit. Yik Yak pulls a feed on your phone by using your GPS location and gathering all Yaks within a 5 mile radius to display for you. It does have some restrictions such as you cannot use it at schools, you cannot use names, and you are not allowed to give phone numbers. The app also says under the rules that is discourages bullying and offensive posts. When you post something on Yik Yak other people have the opportunity the "up" your yak or "down" vote you based on whether or not they like the yak. The only problem with this system is that with mainly college users the yaks that consistently receive large amounts of "ups" tend to be mean spirited or offensive in some way. The picture I have attached at the bottom of this page shows the all time greatest yaks in terms of number of "ups". It gives a good idea at some of the sorts of things that get consistently high "ups". Feel free to fill in the blanks as you please. So as you can see Yik Yak has taken the saying "say whatever is on your mind" to a new level. While you may find the occasional witty yak that makes you chuckle, beware of the all too often obscene yaks that make you cringe. If you want to truly know is on peoples mind then Yik Yak is for you. However, if you cannot handle the obscene and all around offensive then use at your own discretion!