Yik Yak: A Guide for Freshers

It’s the fastest source of on-campus news, student opinion, and general banter. It’s the cure to toilet boredom, for some people an alternative to Google, and an endless stream of student consciousness. I am, of course, talking about Yik Yak.

Whether you’re a clean faced Fresher who's just downloaded the app and ready to make your first Yak, or you’re just a terrible Yakker in general and need all the help you can get in order to impress your friends, here are some tips to get you started:

1. Post unoriginal content

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It’s been said before and it will be said again, and nobody will be able to tell! Not even the people who post those damn recycle Emojis. Go peek at other Universities, and just copy the top Yak there, it’ll be a hit, I promise!

2. Post lonely midnight yaks

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You’re probably lonely anyway since you’re a fresher and nobody likes freshers, so wait until the early hours of the morning to post a “Anybody still up?”, “Just want a cuddle”, or “I’m so horny all I want is another person to bejangle with anyone omg jesus please”. But please do remember to stay safe and make sure you know what you’re getting into.

‘Who’s going to Sugar tonight?’

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This is a guaranteed hit in term time since everybody is going to Sugar, no exceptions (a moment of silence for Elements). If you’re an advanced Yakker you can post this during the holiday, where you’ll get comments questioning both your sanity and why you’re still at Uni when Sugar isn’t even open… wait, what?

4. Mention what’s happening in your lecture

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You’re bored. The lecturer has used the word “anthropomorphic” or “antidisestablishmentarianism” or something similar five times already and you thought you were in a physics lecture. You’re slightly hungover, so it’s all very confusing. Open Yik Yak, set the module as your handle and complain about the guy who walked in late, even if it was actually you.

5. Did something amazing just happen right before your very eyes?!

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Yak about it, even if it’s a lie.

6. Sightings on the Spine

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Slow walkers, smokers, too many people, too few people, dogs, you’ve never seen children before in your life, it’s raining, it’s windy, there’s a sun, there’s James May, naked Greggs guy! If it happened on the Spine, yak about.

7. Is it an open day?

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Complain about how good the weather is in a Yak!

8. Procrastinating? Procrastibating? Watching too much Netflix? Cleaned your room? Are you ill?

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Contribute to the community by informing everyone that you spent the entire day in bed, we’ll reassure you that you weren’t alone.

9. Need relationship advice?

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Someone’s always more experienced than you in pretty much anything on Yik Yak, guaranteed! You can always rely on the helpful comments to steer your relationship in the right direction.

10. Eduroam drop?

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Yak about it, again.

What do you wish you saw more of on Yik Yak? Comment and tell us!

This article was written by Alexander Jung.

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