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I enjoyed YikYak very much, reminded me of 'local' chat in Eve online. When it closed the alternatives seemed to be Jodel (German-centric), Spout (whilst your p
by majjam 9y ago
I enjoyed YikYak very much, reminded me of 'local' chat in Eve online. When it closed the alternatives seemed to be Jodel (German-centric), Spout (whilst your posts are localised, all users can see them instead of just local users, heavily moderated compared to YY) and Swiflie (allows nsfw content). However imo none provide the uncensored, very local experience that YikYak did.
- fencepost 9y agoYik-Yak was briefly entertaining in a "wow so that's what kids are talking about these days" way, but with no focus it was kind of vapid. Another geolocated thing that briefly existed was Google+ - at one point and only on mobile if you stopped the screen to the right there was a "Nearby" listing that showed public posts within some geographic radius that was never quite clear.
- asveikau 9y agoI think that was actually Google Buzz circa 2009. It was an awesome feature. I remember using it on the Google maps app for WinCE (which was also a very good app at the time, people forget)... > When the service was accessed with a supported mobile device, Buzz tagged posts with the user's current location. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz