People of all ages anxiously anticipate the next exciting app to come out. The most recent app at the top of iTunes is Yik Yak. This is an app that allows users to post  a “yak” or a short anonymous message. Only users within a certain distance of the “yaker” is allowed to read the post.

This new rave is interesting at first, but beware. It could potentially become dangerous and be used as a bullying tactic.

Yik Yak, produced by Locus Engineering, LLC, on Feb. 3, has reached up to 100,000 users three weeks after launching. The app was first intended for college students, but quickly became the new “must have” for high students as well.

The app is similar to Twitter and allows “yakers” to post anything that comes to their mind. The danger, however, is it entices people to post a negative comment about someone since Yik Yak is anonymous.

“I think Yik Yak is a negative [influence] in our society,” junior Alex Dehamers said. “It reminds me of ‘Gossip Girl’.”

This new app is nothing more than an easy outlet to bully others and a guilty pleasure for gossipers everywhere. Unfortunately this wave of influence is being passed to the grade school generation and justifies posting negative comments or filthy language on the internet.