Ruth Black's Blog

The Downfall of Yik Yak     Threat made on Yik Yak
    "Like any other social networking site or application, a growth in the number of users generally correlates with a rise in "trolls" — individuals who post deliberately provocative messages in order to incite disruption and arguments. This theory has proved to be true for Yik Yak, and while it is somewhat easy to police, it is also very difficult to identify the specific troll and make them responsible for their comments." (http://www.theodysseyonline.com/uva/downfall-yik-yak/73018)
      I agree with this article because Yik Yak has gotten out of control in the last few months. Everyone that I am antiquated with has a "Yak". One associate 'got put on the "Yak"' for sleeping with another associate's boyfriend. Yik Yak has its place but it should not be used to expose the personal life of people. There has been threats made on Yik Yak to campuses across the nation. They thought because the cite is anonymous, the police will not find out nor catch them, but in this case the person that made the threat was coughs and charged. A few days later another threat was made on a different campus. I wonder if the two were connected. The perpetrator this time was caught but not arrested. On the campus of University of Central Arkansas located in Conway, a threat was made on the campus. The article did not state what king of threat it was but a threat is a threat.  I feel as if Social Media is a weapon that needs to be destroyed. too many people are killing themselves over something they saw on Social Media. All we can do as Americans and as parents, is pray the situation does not get worse in the next few years. The parents need to keep tabs on their children from the time they are born till they are 18.