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Friday, August 4, 2017
A Parent’s Guide to Kik from ConnectSafely
Kik is a community chat app that allows users to connect with brands or chat one-on-one or in groups, with text, emojis, memes, videos and photos. Teens love Kik because it’s an “in the moment” experience, without the profile curation fatigue they can feel on other apps, where their photos, videos or status updates are “judged” in the form of likes, shares or comments, and “live on” until removed. Teens worry less about creating a “permanent record” of posts and pictures that can affect them later in life. Teens also like that they can be anonymous on Kik.
Read more:
A Parent’s Guide to Kik from ConnectSafely
http://www.connectsafely.org/kik/
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