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by A_COMPUTER 4116 days ago
I just installed the app to try it out. I posted a request for good books to read. After a few minutes a couple people replied with books and authors, and their post scores trickled down to negative numbers until they disappeared.

Theory: The same way that Yik Yak punishes competitor spam by incrementally lowering the score until it's modded out of existence, it detects human names in posts and applies the same punishment in an attempt to prevent bullying.