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Yik-Yak App of Cyberbullying

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Yep, there is an app for your phones that can be used and has been used for cyberbullying. Its called Yik-Yak, and the people who use can post stuff anonymously including, hateful comments, pornography, etc... without their identity being comprised. But, what the people don't seem to get is that they CAN be traced back to the commenter. I personally HATE bullies, having been bullied myself in the past and I know people on here have also been bullied and are still being bullied, even on this site. But here is a warning for all the people who use this app for cyberbullying: people and cities (mostly high schools and college campuses) ARE TAKING ACTION FOR YOUR POSTS. Like I said before, they CAN AND WILL BE TRACED BACK TO YOU.

"Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app. It is available for ios and Android and it allows people to anonymously create and view "Yaks" within a 10 mile radius. It differs from other anonymous sharing apps such as PostSecret and Whisper in that it is intended for sharing primarily with those in close proximity to the user, potentially making it more intimate and relevant for people reading the posts.All users have the ability to contribute to the stream by writing, responding, and liking or disliking yaks." - Wikipedia

And here's the proof of what I have been saying all along!
"One of the biggest criticisms of social media sites and applications is their inherent potential to feed the growing issue of cyber-bullying. Due to the widespread bullying and harassment committed through Yik Yak, many schools and school districts have taken action to ban the app. These include "several" Chicago school districts, Norwich University in Vermont, Eanes Independent School District in Texas, Lincoln High School district in Rhode Island, New Richmond School District in Ohio, and Pueblo County School District in Colorado's Tatum High School in New Mexico banned cell phone use from the school due to Yik Yak, and, as of October 2, 2014, the Student Government Association at Emory University in Georgia is pushing for a resolution to ban the app across campus. In Canada, the app has also caused waves in various secondary schools. On October 3, 2014, The Huffington Post published an editorial titled "Why Your College Campus Should Ban Yik Yak," which asserted that Yik Yak's anonymous messaging boards "are like bathroom stalls without toilets. They're useless, they're sources of unhelpful or harmful conversations, and they're a complete eyesore." To remedy the cases of bullying in middle and high schools around the country, Droll and Buffington amended the application to include geofences that work in the background. These imaginary fences disable the application within their defined borders. At first these boundaries were installed manually by the developers, but it quickly became clear they would need outside assistance. They found this assistance in a Vermont based company known as Maponics. Maponics “builds and defines geographic boundaries.” They happened to already have nearly 85% of the country’s high schools mapped, making it easy to block access to Yik Yak in those areas. The fences are currently in effect mainly to disable the app on all middle and high school grounds throughout the country. If the app is opened within one of these areas the user is displayed a message along the lines of: “it looks like you’re trying to use Yik Yak on a middle school or high school grounds. Yik Yak is intended for people college-aged and above. The app is disabled in this area." In December 2014, security researchers discovered and demonstrated a potential attack on the service, where a Yik Yak user could have their account compromised and be deanonymised (having their identity revealed) if an attacker was using the same WiFi network.

So even if you post stuff on this thing and its bullying or deteriorate in any way shape or form, they CAN AND WILL TRACE IT BACK TO YOU AND YOU WILL PERSECUTED for it. So tell me, is it really worth it to get back at someone or to hate someone, where if you have a record that you can still get your dream job? The answer, NO!

Okay, phew! Now, I am finished ranting, thank you for your time people! Have a wonderful day and have very Merry (early) Christmas! ~GCM 
*note that this is an all out warning to bullies in general, Karma can and will come back kick your ass for the stunts pulled on the people have not deserved any of it!*
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AspiePie's avatar
Some of the stupidest things are done by cyber bullies!