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Yik Yak is an new-age, emerging form of social media that offers users to post short, anonymous messages to other users within a close geographic proximity. The app was not created for the purpose of disseminating hate; and the app can even sometimes be an advocate for good. Yet some college students have used the app as a means to abuse others and disseminate hate anonymously. The anonymity of each post provides students with the chance to no longer be held responsible for their actions, in a society where owning up to your faults is valued.
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