Yik Yak Hack 5.0.4 + Redeem Codes

I have no idea what the developers put in the most recent update but whatever it is it’s caused the app to become extremely glitchy. Usually at it’s worst after 9 at night. The most common glitch is that all yaks, DM’s, and notifications will sometimes disappear, and your yakarma will show as 0. This might persist for as little as a minute and as long as 20 minutes.

Occasionally yaks will repeat as you scroll down or show as completely blank. DM’s will take more than a few minutes to show up as sent, and comment notifications will come minutes after seeing the actual comment appear on a yak you commented on. And of course there’s the random crashes that seem to happen with no rhyme or reason.

My advice to the developers would be to roll back the app to a previous version (if that’s possible, I’m not well versed enough in iPhone apps to know if it is or not) until they have thoroughly tested and patched the updated version so these problems no longer persist.

I love checking this app and engaging with my fellow people on campus, but the app really needs to update its notification tab to show more of a preview of what Yak it’s referring to.

The notification of “someone else commented on a yak you commented on” is helpful, and I want to check in on the thread, I love that. But, it doesn’t tell me which Yak that is. I have to tap that notification, wait 10 seconds for the Yak to load and then I end up checking the responses on that entire Yak. Right after that, you turn around and go back to the notification tab, and the indicator light for the notification you left is still on. You might be thinking, “Oh, just refresh it!”. Nope, if you do that, it gets rid of all the indicator lights for new notifications. So now, you have to guess what the next notification you should check is with no help from the exactly the same notification descriptions.

I would suggest having a feature that changes the notifications from individual updates on each new message in the thread, to instead being one that says “New comments on Yak, ‘XYZ’” standing for the first couple words of that Yak. This way, it’s labeled and it’s streamlined because in the old system, I was getting all the updated messages in a Yak from just clicking on the first notification but then I still had to wade through all the other notifications about the same Yak.

I’ve never left a review on an app before, so this will be my first.
I first got this app in high school because I had a really large school and thought it would be fun. This was when you could still interact with your local community rather than just college communities. Removing that feature was the start of this app’s downfall. It was funny to see everyone talking about teachers and what was going on around town. At some point I got a timeout for whatever reason. I never made rude comments on there or anything, so someone had to of reported one of my comments or something that caused the timeout. I didn’t understand and it never let me post anything else again, so I just deleted the app. I just re-installed it today because I’m in college now, and I wanted to join and post on the community. I joined the community and scrolled through a few comments. I then wrote up a post about our fall break that just started today. I tried to post it….and it told me I was in a timeout. A TIMEOUT FOR OVER 2 YEARS????? What sense does that make?! This app seriously downgraded, and it doesn’t seem like there will be any effort made to return it to its glory days. Unless you’re in college it’s a pointless app, and if you want to join a college community that actually functions normally just use Snapchat. I really, really, REALLY despise this company for ruining such a good app. Deleting it for the second time now and never downloading again.

The entire reason I wanted YikYak in the first place was to connect with my local community. YikYak used to be perfect for that, until a few weeks ago. You can no longer talk to your local community; there’s just universities and then the great beyond. I don’t need another place to make long-distance friends, that’s what Discord is for. I don’t need to divide the strangers I talk to by giant nationwide interest groups, that’s what Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr are for. What I need is my herd, and no one gave me my herd quite like YikYak used to.

If YikYak is to meet the same soulless money-grubbing fate that every other platform inevitably faces these days, I hope the developers are at least aware that the changes they’ve implemented into YikYak have stripped it of all the things that made it unique and authentic. The features that made it meet and fulfill a unique and niche market demand have been replaced with sad knockoffs of other platforms. It’s okay to experiment with other options and ideas, but it’s frankly insulting to assume that we’d completely trade in our herds for that.

Unless the developers change their mind on this decision, I will be spending my time on the other platforms that do everything new YikYak does, better. I’ll be missing my herd every step of the way.

I’ve been using YikYak for the first time over the last week and I’m in love with the idea of an anonymous Twitter for your home town. However this app has several things holding it back from being more enjoyable. First and foremost is that the app runs very poorly. The app is slow, sometimes completely unresponsive, loads yaks and info about them 30 seconds when you’ve already seen them, and has a myriad of other performance issues. And that’s just my complaints about app performance. It’s marketing is also lackluster, especially regarding their official TikTok account of which I found out about the app and it’s return. It’s TikTok account is so bad and so unfunny it’s how bad the app seemed that made me curious and wanted to download it. But it’s probably good that their marketing team isn’t very good because I don’t think the app could handle a large influx of more uses for reasons previously mentioned. The app’s aesthetics and animations are fine, nothing to write home about. I want to see this app do well and become a part of my social media circuit but it obviously needs the funding for the app fixes first and then to hire a new marketing team next.

I LOVED YikYak, it was absolute perfection two weeks ago. This update is atrocious in every way, shape, and form. It is hideous. Sickening. Everything about it is absolutely awful. I’ve never reviewed an app in my 23 years of life but when I returned to my herd after spring break and opened the app, what I saw sent me here to write an obituary for what was once one of the greatest social media apps ever created. There is not a single new feature that is beneficial or interesting. The beauty of YikYak was its simplicity, now it feels like I’m making a discussion board post—it is literally nauseating to look at. I cannot bring myself to continue using the app because of this. I am devastated. This has been the ultimate failure of mankind, I’m so devastated that I am going to email the YikYak team to ask them why they felt compelled to throw away years of work and reputation. This update is absolutely shameful, there is nothing to be proud of here. RIP the Yak; RIP my herd; RIP my faith in app development. YikYak was the last unicorn of GOOD social media apps, I thank her for the laughs we shared, the woes she validated, the sacred hours in which shame and decency no longer existed. She was taken too soon, may she rest in peace. Til Valhalla.

YikYak and Sidechat were perfectly fine apps separate from each other and each served their own purposes, with Sidechat being for college students and YikYak being more community focused. This merge of the two apps into one serves zero purpose whatsoever. They were not the same apps to begin with and each had their own unique in-app features, but now basically all of these features have been stripped away. YikYak is entirely unrecognizable now and all previous user karma and history has been wiped. Sidechat is now overrun by people who were former YikYak users and are now being forced to post on Sidechat forums and streams. This merge is honestly beyond ridiculous and I’m surprised anyone at Sidechat actually thought that completely taking over another, (much older and well-established) beloved app and ridding it of all of its defining features and merging it with Sidechat was even a remotely good idea. Everyone on each app is posting on the same streams now and everyone is confused and frustrated trying to use the new versions of each of these apps. The only way to solve this problem without tanking the ratings and reputations of both of these apps is to return them to their previous states.

I love the idea of anonymity to the point where fun icons like everything from skateboards to cows are used w/ no names or profile info... Basically, this app is like Reddit without subs and profiles, but this doesn't come without error. YikYak allows you to block anyone, say, if a post offends you or whatever... But when you block them, they can still comment on your posts, which means you can still probably see their posts, even though I have seemingly found out Yikyak blocks comments of users you've blocked. Also, the down/upvote system is so dumb, I love Yikyak for the fact you can post just about anything in text... But how can you post when people at any given moment will downvote you 5 times and your post gets removed? I've had a decent amount of times where I've posted something that shouldn't offend anyone and my post gets taken down from downvotes. I guess if that's Yikyak's system then cool, but also very annoying. And while this isn't Yikyak's fault, trolls LIVE on this app, literally. I got called out for s*xual a**ault and I literally have never met anyone in person from this app. People can act so dumb on this app, so beware, its full of toxicity and ppl that might try to ruin your life.

This app is a gateway for bullying. Yes, theoretically it is a fun way to anonymously connect with people around you, but the creators neglected to think about their target audience. Yik Yak is literally being broadcast to insecure teenagers who feel better about themselves only when they are tearing down another person. This app truly makes everyone lose their humanity because they know they’re safe behind the “anonymous” tag.

In only 10 minutes of scrolling through to see why my school is making such a fuss over this app I’ve seen death threats, talks of wishing to commit suicide, hate speech, vulgar slang, school shooting threats, people being sexualized by name, and so so so much more. This is not an app that should be allowed on the app store. If it had people actively moderating messages and posts, it MIGHT take a step in the direction of being remotely human again, but this simply isn’t possible.

If you value yourself at all, do yourself a favor and don’t download this app. It is a horrible horrible space and there are so many more healthy groups that you could enjoy instead. Ignorance is bliss, it isn’t worth stumbling upon your name and being absolutely crushed. Stay safe out there.

YikYak/Sidechat has completely ruined this app. Their refusal to listen to their users and desperation for profit has led to this app being unusable and defeats its entire purpose. Restricting it to universities, only Apple users, and requiring more identifiable information to create an account alongside a terrible user-interface has removed everything that made this a special app. I am no longer able to gall with the people I knew on the old YikYak because they were using the spaceship feature and/or do not want to share personal information. There is an extremely limited ability to make connections with others, and the removal of old YikYak features and post/comment history means many users lost over a year’s worth of data.

Forcing users into Sidechat (the exact same app, same posts and everything) with no warning and through the deceptive narrative of bringing back YikYak is a real slap in the face to the users who kept them running. Thanks for choosing profit over people, I hope the pay is worth ruining what you spent years trying to build. I do not recommend downloading this app at all, you’re better off just downloading the Reddit app.