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comment by insomniasexx
insomniasexx  ·  3918 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facebook’s Slingshot Challenges Snapchat With ‘Reply To Unlock’

Another ridiculously limiting app: http://www.vox.com/2014/6/18/5820948/9-questions-about-yo-you-were-embarrassed-to-ask

    You establish a username. Then a friend who also uses Yo can select your username inside his app and you will receive a push notification reading: "Yo" and featuring audio of a voice stating "Yo."

    2) That's it?

    Yes.





smoorman1024  ·  3917 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yo Yo insomniasexx what's your yo name. I have no friends on the app.

insomniasexx  ·  3917 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't have the app. I just cannot bring myself to download and use something this stupid. Do you actually have it?

Brasher  ·  3917 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's just poking someone on facebook, without having to actually provide any sort of meaningful service. I could see this being used as a sort of pager though, if the latency between "yo's" isn't too high.