As a college student, sometimes we need to waste time between classes, stay awake in class or even entertain our brains before we go to sleep. For all of the problems we solve them with "Yik Yak." So, here is a list of five types of people you'll find on yik yak.
1. The Comedians
These are the people we all love. They give us life when the teacher is boring us to death and brighten our day when things may not be the best. These are the people all of us come to see on Yik Yak. If not for the comedians Yik Yak would be dead. (Example: "Thank you student loans for getting me through university. I don't think I can ever repay you.")
2. The Advice Seekers
Sometimes it's better to ask a stranger for advice because it is usually unbiased. The advise seekers are your average guys or girls who haven't had as much experience as some of us who have been in college a little longer and wants some words of wisdom or as close as they can get to them. They have either gotten no help from their friends or find their situation too embarrassing or inappropriate to even consider asking someone in person.
3. The Desperate
These are the people that feel that they have tried and failed to find a decent significant other one too many times in the real world so now they have come to their last resort of looking for a random stranger who replies to a Yik Yak post. While it is possible that you may meet "the one" (a term I feel is over rated), you are searching through a pile of "trolls" (if you don't know what that is keep reading), sex crazed people and emotional wrecks (no offense we all have our moments). For everyone that may fall under this category be sure to read the next few sentences even if you don't finish the article. There is someone out there for you. You don't have to use Yik Yak to find them. Stick with the old fashioned way of meeting people, by introducing yourself and talking to them in person. It's much more rewarding and it reduces the amount of surprises.
4. The Hormones
These are the people who only want sex. They verify the saying "The freaks come out at night" (For anyone new to Yik Yak, Yik Yak is like HBO; it has it's comedy in the day but gets X-rated after dark so proceed with caution). These people will post over and over hoping for someone to reply and meet up with them for sex. I don't know how successful they are in that approach, but I would think not too successful. At most they get a lot of comments...until they find out that everyone commenting are the same gender, then there's an awkward silence.
5. The Venter
Sometimes we want to get something off our chest, but don't want any of our friends to know about our situation. The venter says what he/she has to say and maybe replies to a few comments left under the post to clarify his/her perspective in further detail. They usually don't care about other people's opinion (unlike the advice seeker) and have no interest in anything further than releasing a burden they are carrying.
6. The Troll
These are, as some may put it, everything that's wrong with the world. These people have no boundaries in what they do to annoy, hurt, or anger others. They will do things such as having a conversation with someone pretending to be the opposite gender, say the most stupid and insulting things, and or ask for other social media information so they can repost it on Yik Yak along with negative captions or comments. To "troll' is to attempt to hurt or upset someone for amusement.
These are the types of Yik Yaks that I have encountered on Yik Yak. I'm sure there are a number of others.
