Interestingly, I think if it had lived only a few months longer Yik-Yak might have found new life as chat for collaborative augmented reality or real world inte

Interestingly, I think if it had lived only a few months longer Yik-Yak might have found new life as chat for collaborative augmented reality or real world interactive games. I'll use as the example Pokémon Go, which within the last month revised a major part of the game to introduce a feature that requires teams of people to defeat (gym raids). This has ended up with an assortment of tools being used in attempts to organize those teams, as well as some folks simply showing up and hoping others do the same. These include multiple fan/independent Discords, Facebook, and at least one browser map-based "I'm going to X" solution. Yik-Yak's geolocated chat (minus the anonymity that caused them so much trouble) seems like it would have been an excellent framework for for local team chats.