No matter how much we try to deny it, almost all of us have these apps on our phones, especially if you live on campus and you want to know what the word is constantly. I know I am guilty of having almost, or all of these apps on my own phone. If you have any of these featured apps on your phone, comment on which apps you use!
1. Yik Yak
Yik Yak is a popular app that almost every college kid or even high school kid has on their phone. It is pretty much like an anonymous Twitter. People send in things and you can "upvote" them or you can "downvote" them and cause them to be deleted. This app was created for people to find their groups and campus information to be seen by everyone, but it slowly turned into an app for bashing and crashing parties.
2. Tinder
All of us college kids get lonely sometimes and just want someone to cuddle and watch Netflix with. So, we download this app, swipe left for the guys that can stay in their own beds, and swipe right for the guys that can come cuddle any time they want. Tinder started out as a positive way for college kids to meet people, but it slowly turned into an app that people used to "get laid."
3. Fade
Fade is pretty much Yik Yak but with pictures and you only get one anonymous post a day so people usually know who posts what. A majority of the posts are funny pictures, but some of them are inappropriate pictures. That's college kids for you.
4. Twitter
I remember when I made my Twitter account back in 2009 and the only people I followed were celebrities, aka the Jonas Brothers. Now, over half of my followers are people that I know in real life. Twitter slowly took the place of Facebook because there was way too many parents creating Facebook accounts, and teens and young adults decided to move camp, to Twitter. You can retweet, favorite, and quote the night away. It is even a competition between some people with how many followers you can get and how many retweets and favorites you can get on each tweet.
5. Snapchat
Snapchat is an app that is used to send pictures that disappear after a certain amount of seconds. It was created by a group of college guys who thought what better way for girls to send nudes then through an app that will automatically delete them after you view them. Little did people know, it would become easier and easier to screenshot and save the picture to your gallery on your phone. Now, you don't even have to hold down on the screen. you just tap and it goes, which makes it that much easier to screenshot.
Do not be afraid to admit you are addicted to all five of these apps. You secretly lay in your room Yik Yaking about the hot guy on the third floor of your building, you secretly swipe right on any guy that is over six foot, you secretly post memes daily on Fade, you secretly run an anonymous Twitter page and are constantly checking your number of favorites, and you secretly love to send some pretty scary Snapchats for your best friends' eyes and their eyes only to see. If you can't relate to this, congratulations, you are unique.
