An app that feeds you anonymous compliments from friends? Yes, please 😊
is only available for iPhone users in 12 states, but it has plans to expand nationwide. For those who have access to the service, it's currently a big hit among teenagers. Since its launch in August, Gas has been downloaded 500,000 times, according to analytics provider Data.ai.
The founder of Gas, Nikita Bier, isn't new to building popular social apps. He built a similar app called TBH, an abbreviation for"to be honest," which gained over five million users before it was bought by Facebook in 2017. He ,"The reason I built [Gas] was because I wanted to bring back what tbh did for so many kids five years ago, which was raise self-esteem and spread positivity."Similar to yearbook superlatives, Gas uses polls for people to vote and send anonymous compliments to their friends and peers. The key is, it's all positive. The niceness is guaranteed by only offering limited options prewritten by the company like,"Should DJ every party.
However, there are already conspiracies around the app being a breeding ground for sex trafficking. The fear stems from the app's request for location data, which is used to determine schools nearby. Bier has called it a"hoax" and said the rumors have resulted in three percent of users deleting the account in one day."Well, it was fun ride to the top,"
."The internet cannot be tamed." According to Bier, Gas doesn't allow messaging, and the company doesn't track or save users' locations or sell personal data to third parties.says while Gas is doing well now, there's always possible growing pains ahead."No social media giant lasts forever, and it may be a new generation's turn in the spotlight.
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