Yik Yak 101 (Continuing Education Edition)
My Plan...
I HAD to see what Yik Yak was like. Yes, I remember the old saws about being the creepy old guy in the treehouse, but I couldn't resist. I LOVE treehouses. So, definitely a fish out of water, I decided to try to imitate the posts I saw and pass myself off as one of the many typical users. It didn't always come off the way I intended, but such is my life in Buzzademia. I tried it on campus and at the airport, and well, see for yourselves. Since I study social media, let's call this research. That's what I told my wife, anyway. Yep, same eyeroll from her. Sigh.
Okay, again, my strategy: Act like the kinds of people I saw posting on Yik Yak...
Acting Like a Broh
Acting Like an Annoyed Yak
Acting Younger than My Age
Acting My Age
Acting a Little Older
Acting Like a Put-Out Teen
Acting Like a Tinder Tool
Telling the Sad Truth...
Acting a Little Down
Acting Like an Angry Broh
Acting Like a Betch
Acting Like a Fool in Love
Acting Like an Undergrad
Acting Like an Jilted Lover
Telling the truth again
Telling the Truth 1 More Time.
So there you have it...
A sample of my posts, unless these weren't my posts because, well, it is anonymous.
See you in the Yaks. (Is that even a thing?)
Bio
I teach writing at the University of Southern California and co-edit the journal Buzzademia.