Article KKG1 No names attached: college students drive anonymous apps trend

No names attached: college students drive anonymous apps trend

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Ellen Brait in New York
from Technology | The Guardian on (#KKG1)

Yik Yak and Whatsgoodly give social media-saturated millennials a new way to openly share campus anecdotes. But with anonymity surfaces bullying and hate

As mobile phones and apps have become increasingly centralto one's college experience in the past few years, a new type of app has emerged: the anonymous kind.

In 2013 the app Yik Yak was created. And by 2014, it was being used at more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide, according to its founders Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington.

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