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Couldn't you say the same thing for Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit?

On Facebook and Twitter I've never seen a friend or someone I follow make some disgusting comments like I've seen on Yik Yak, specially the top, upvoted stuff. I never used Tumblr (only when visiting a blog) and only visit Reddit sporadically. So no, I can't say the same.

Try running a search on Twitter--you'll see some nasty stuff, depending on the search term.

Yik Yak is basically just location-based search, so there's no social filtering. (As opposed to on your Twitter feed, where you create a social filter by selecting the accounts you follow).

"It's no worse than tumblr" is quite the damning with faint praise.

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