[ocb]

Interestingly enough, my experience using Yik Yak at a small liberal arts college is quite different. As the article notes, posts get removed if their score reaches -5. My observations are that basically any post with any negative connotations whatsoever is almost immediately downvoted to deletion. It's the opposite of what this article describes: overmoderation rather than undermoderation.

[lkbm]

Here at UT Austin, racism and sexism abound on Yik Yak. Lots of frats and sororities around, so making fun of minorities, calling members of $unpopular_sorority fat, or calling $unpopular-frat gay (naturally the two insults of choice) is a good way to get upvotes.

[iolothebard]

So it's just a reflection of the userbase. Not remotely shocking.

[m_mueller]

Blaming the tool is just like blaming the messenger then, isn't it? Could fraternity / sorority culture be the problem?