Sneak peek… Yik Yak for the web is now in beta!

By: Chris Hourihan, Software Engineer, Web

Picture this: You’re in the library attempting to write that paper on Neorealism vs. Realism, but you want one last little break before you really start making some progress. Except you knew what this “little break” would turn into if you brought your phone to the library too, so you did the absolutely unthinkable (and now totally regrettable) and LEFT YOUR PHONE IN YOUR DORM ROOM to avoid distractions. And now, you can’t think of anything else. What’s going on this weekend? Is the dining hall serving that killer Chicken Parm tonight? Have the squirrels finally succeeded in their plot to take over campus? IF ONLY I could take a quick peek at Yik Yak to find out!!

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Word on the Street from the Yakkers themselves: The Fox Business Network Republican Debate

By: Marsal Gavaldà, Director of Engineering, Machine Intelligence

Tuesday night was the Republican’s fourth go-round — and as always, provided political insight as well as endless entertainment. After a night of Freudian slips, constant interruptions, and blatantly ignoring the time limit, who came out on top?

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Yakkers Take On The CNBC Republican Debate

By: Marsal Gavaldà, Director of Engineering, Machine Intelligence

Wednesday night’s Republican debate made for a gripping night of television. The nation tuned in to CNBC to watch the early polling leader, Donald Trump, go head-to-head (to head… to head…) with nine other candidates, all vying for the title of POTUS.

While the candidates (and moderators…) battled it out on the stage in Boulder, Yakkers jumped onto their local Yik Yak feeds – and the app-wide Yak Chat in the Peek tab – to voice their opinions during the debate. Yaks ranged from supporting a candidate, to reacting to a heated point of discussion (Fantasy Football, anyone?), to asking questions about topics that matter most to them.

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Help Us Try Out Some Possible Features!

By: Ben Tseng, VP of Product and Business Development

One of our favorite things about visiting college campuses around the country — besides getting to meet so many of our yakkers! — is hearing about how you use Yik Yak, what you love about it, and what dream features you’re itching to see added.

Well, great news! We have lots of fun new things up our sleeve, and we’re super excited to introduce some of them to you in the months ahead. Some features will go through a “beta” period, where we try something with just a few communities for a short amount of time as we strive to create the best experience possible.

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