"Yik Yak’s mantra, 'Find your herd,' underlines it clearly: this is the kind of university accountability we must demand ...

Yik Yak users are enraged over the changes being made to the anonymous social app after its quiet acquisition by the similarly focused campus chat app, Sidechat. While Yik Yak had focused on anonymous ...

MOORHEAD – When students were protesting a possible location change for the women's center at Minnesota State University Moorhead last year, they didn't encounter hostility from other students. At ...

The rise of social messaging application Yik Yak on college campuses around the country has sparked concerns over cyberbullying, racism and sexual harassment. Yik Yak is an anonymous forum that allows ...

By ZOE FERGUSON Cornellians say Yik Yak — the social media app that allows users to anonymously create and view posts — is maintaining a strong presence around campus as a gossip medium, despite ...

Young adults of a certain age — myself included — likely do. The social media platform, which allows users to post anonymously in a location-based public forum, was popular at high schools and ...

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Social media app Yik Yak made a comeback on Monday with an updated look and new rules for users. The app lets users post anonymous messages locally. The company recently updated its Facebook profile ...

WHAT’S A YIK YAK? Yik Yak is a free smartphone messaging app. It enables users to communicate within a geographic radius — usually a few miles — which the company says lets you "find your herd." ...

As recent political controversies send shockwaves through the nation, with Republicans and Democrats alike calling for crackdowns on gun violence, and conservatives flocking to memorial services for ...