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"But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm missing something. Let me know. I love being wrong, it lets me learn new things" So, I think the concept of society especially

"But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm missing something. Let me know. I love being wrong, it lets me learn new things" So, I think the concept of society especially for teenagers in their school-controlled world is very interesting. You're ostensibly right, "just turn it off", but I think it's more complicated. So why would someone go to a place voluntarily where they are being attacked? Maybe, it's an important part of the society there, an important forum that the most respected people are using. Being a part of your local Yik Yak for teenagers is like going to I/O or WWDC, you're in the nexus of the community. I think those chats acted that way for many teenagers. The location-binding feature is perfect for the insular school communities to create exclusive popular communities. And to be as mean as they wanted through them. Also with regards to harassment, Yik Yak would commonly be a place where people go to discuss real life harassment of others. So, for those unfortunate few, they weren't going to Yik Yak and seeing harassment, rather, they never went, but their harassers used Yik Yak to discuss, refine, and promote the real life harassment. I think it's very complicated to try and insert ourselves back into the insular school mentality to try and understand this, but I think it's simple that Yik Yak was/is a popular tool for coordinating real life bullying.

ams6110 9y ago
School (I'm speaking of high school and younger) isn't the real world. Many things that are perfectly legal for adults are prohibited in school because they disrupt the mission that the school is trying to accomplish. There's certainly a grey area but things like dress and speech codes are well established and for good reasons. A service like yik-yak has no real benefit in an environment like that. In fact I don't even know why schools allow personal mobile devices at all. As far as universities go, yes I think "if you don't like it don't go there" is much more realistic. Those students are all adults and by that age have mostly (certainly not completely) outgrown the most petty type of cliquishness and bullying that permeates the junior high and high school social scene.
- s73ver 9y ago
  That's very much not true. College students can be just as petty and cliquish and bullying as high school students. And saying "Don't go there" isn't really a solution either. While the victim might not be there seeing it, everyone else is. They're still having their reputation damaged by the harassment brought upon them.

ams6110 9y ago

School (I'm speaking of high school and younger) isn't the real world. Many things that are perfectly legal for adults are prohibited in school because they disrupt the mission that the school is trying to accomplish. There's certainly a grey area but things like dress and speech codes are well established and for good reasons. A service like yik-yak has no real benefit in an environment like that. In fact I don't even know why schools allow personal mobile devices at all. As far as universities go, yes I think "if you don't like it don't go there" is much more realistic. Those students are all adults and by that age have mostly (certainly not completely) outgrown the most petty type of cliquishness and bullying that permeates the junior high and high school social scene.

s73ver 9y ago
That's very much not true. College students can be just as petty and cliquish and bullying as high school students. And saying "Don't go there" isn't really a solution either. While the victim might not be there seeing it, everyone else is. They're still having their reputation damaged by the harassment brought upon them.