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Yik Yak destroyed itself by ignoring their users and making changes that undermined the reason people used their app in the first place. They're only "strugglin
by Svexark 9y ago
Yik Yak destroyed itself by ignoring their users and making changes that undermined the reason people used their app in the first place. They're only "struggling" because of a series of self-inflicted wounds.
- huac 9y agoThey faced legal trouble for the anonymity.
- PM_NAKED_PIKS 9y agoActual legal cases? Or just online petitions mumble jumble?
- tsumnia 9y agoThat doesn't mean users wanted something else; I used it originally because it was a "localized 4chan". When they started adding usernames and whatnot, I uninstalled. That was the thing users wanted, take it away and why use the app? There are hundreds of social communities I can join, so what is YikYak's MVP? From that perspective, you have to choose what battle you want to fight - maintain anonymity and deal with the ramifications or lose your userbase by becoming just another social app?
- ng12 9y agoI don't think that's true, could you provide a source?
- brightball 9y agoI don't know about legal challenges, but they basically created an anonymous area broadcast. There's a lot of complications that come along with that.
- ng12 9y agoI really don't think there are. As long as they complied with authorities when somebody used Yik-Yak to do something illegal they're in the clear.