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If you joined this app while in college (at typical college age, older college students are a whole other topic) but are still on it years after graduating, is that weird?
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Anonymous 14h

At 28 and having finished the 2nd year of my masters, I joined at 23 or 24 I think, I understand the argument, but at the same time, it’s been so helpful to learn about things going on in my town and campus that I otherwise wouldn’t know about Not every “older” college student is the weirdo some of you guys perceive them to be. There was elderly woman in one of my undergraduate English classes once, finally getting her degree (huge W). People think it’s weird until they start getting into their

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Anonymous 16h

Yeah a bit weird, but I don't really agree older (as in, still 20s) college students are a whole other topic

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Anonymous 5h

I’m 24 and stayed on mostly bc it’s a nice low-stakes Internet forum. Much lower activation barrier than Reddit to make posts/comment. I don’t interact with my college yak anymore so it basically just functions as like a more laid back / interactive version of reddit for me, since im mostly just a watcher on that app. Kinda like twitter, but without the baggage of posting directly to ppl ik irl (and also bc i stopped using it once it became x toxic wasteland).

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15h

I feel it’s a whole other topic just because, as far as I can tell, this app is primarily for college students 18-25, the vibe of it overall is of that age range. So, a college student in their late 30’s or something wouldn’t really fit as well even though they’re also college students

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

Oops I misread your comment lol, yeah by older college students I meant at least 30

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

Yeah that makes sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 14h

mid 20s and go “Oh my god, I’m already X years old” while still using the app Yes, there are some absolute creeps on here. We gatekeep ages on here BECAUSE of that, and it’s unfortunate. One bad apple ruins the bunch

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5h

I do wish there was an active app like YikYak that wasn’t explicitly targeted to college. There’s probably much less demand for one in the adult world, which is probably why it doesn’t exist

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