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Re:Square Said to Acquire Team from Struggling Social App Yi... by pyromine on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:26PM (#14187961)
College student, it was fun for a year or two and then pretty much everyone gave up on it.

The unique commentary was what made it, there was essentially humor that everyone could relate to and the unique perspectives people felt were too uncomfortable to share with their persona attached. It was fascinating to watch what would come up over the day

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Re:Square Said to Acquire Team from Struggling Social App Yi... by yangmaster on Monday April 24, 2017 @08:52PM (#14189890)
To add onto this, college meme groups on Facebook have largely replaced Yik Yak's niche in the past year or so. And those don't require millions in VC funding!
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