TechJunkie is a BOX20 Media Company

Home Social Media Snapchat How To Do Yolo with Snapchat

How To Do Yolo with Snapchat

How To Do Yolo with Snapchat

Yolo has only been out a month or so and has already topped the App Store download charts. It has become incredibly popular with Snapchat users as it adds an element of fun or freedom depending on what you want it for. Either way, if you like Snapchat, you should try it. This tutorial is going to walk you through how to install and use Yolo with Snapchat.

Yolo is an anonymous questions app. It connects with Snapchat and uses your login and bitmoji to let you post any question you like on your account. Friends can answer the question anonymously and vice versa and the laughs begin there.

Despite the negative direction apps like this tend to take, Yolo has so far managed to avoid most of that. Reviews of the app are overwhelmingly positive with the vast majority of them citing great experiences, no negative responses to their questions and nothing but laughs from using the app. That makes a nice change and is even more reason to try it.

Use Yolo with Snapchat

Yolo was built with the Snap Kit platform so will integrate with Snapchat easily. You download Yolo, add your Snapchat credentials and optionally, your bitmoji and you can use the app to ask questions on your Snapchat that people can answer anonymously.

  1. You can install Yolo from the App Store here or from the company website.
  2. Add your Snapchat details when prompted by the install and add your bitmoji if you like.
  3. Select Continue when prompted and ‘Get Anonymous Messages’ to enable Yolo to work.
  4. Allow notifications if asked to ensure the two-way messaging works.

There is a EULA that may answer the question about why everyone seems to be using Yolo nicely. Before you link your accounts, it says ‘By using YOLO you agree the terms of service (EULA) and privacy policy. YOLO has no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users. You’ll be banned for any inappropriate usage.’

While most social networks have something similar, it is buried under pages of legalese. This is front and center and you cannot connect Yolo to Snapchat without agreeing to the EULA. It’s a good start that seems to be working. Long may that continue.

Asking questions with Yolo

Once set up and logged in with your Snapchat logins, you can post a Yolo notice that says ‘Send me anonymous messages, Swipe Up’. This is an invitation for others to come up with a question they have always wanted to ask you and go from there. You can do the same for your friends too of course.

Answering questions with Yolo

When you open Yolo, you will see a main page with a list of questions that have been asked. You can select a question and answer it as you see fit.

  1. Select a question from the list. It will appear in a new popup window with an answer section underneath.
  2. Type your answer under the question.
  3. Select Reply.

You should also see two options underneath the popup, Report and Block this User. This ties into the EULA where Yolo gives you the tools you need to reduce toxicity.

If you hit Reply instead of typing, you will be taken to Snapchat where you can begin recording a video answer or take a pic to answer the question. Answers are then posted to your Story for people to see.

This question answering process works the same whether you’re answering your friends’ questions or questions asked of you.

Is Yolo really anonymous?

The key part of Yolo is anonymity. As the app is aimed at teens, it gives them the chance to ask questions they would normally be too embarrassed about to ask. The anonymity aspect helps most people ask questions they wouldn’t normally and for the most part, this seems to have been used positively.

Sure there is the opportunity for people to misuse Yolo but you have the tools to block that kind of thing. Even though you don’t know who asked a particular question, Yolo does and can block or report that user when you hit the button. The app won’t share those details with you but will presumably take action on your behalf.

There have been a couple of websites that have appeared since Yolo saying they can break this anonymity and show you who asked a question. As far as I can tell, these either don’t work or use random names from your Snapchat friends list like most sites of this type. If the name isn’t shared with your app, it isn’t going to be accessible to a random website!

How To Add your Contact Info to your Lock Screen Wallpaper

Read Next 

One thought on “How To Do Yolo with Snapchat”

amy says:
I can’t see messages I am sent from snapchat onto yolo even though it says I have received a message

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Random

Jul 2, 2019

944 Articles Published

More