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The new No. 1 app on Apple’s App Store asks teens to give each other compliments through poll questions.
The Gas app is intended for people in the user’s high school, friends they add and “friends-of-friends.”
An example of a poll question is “most likely to be famous.”
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The service is free, but there are paid upgrades. Users can pay to see who gave them compliments or to hide their profile from others.
Why it matters: Gas looks promising as a new social network, but we have some general questions. Can a positive network be a better place young users will actively use? Will the social network introduce ads or additional paid options to the service? We’ll keep our eyes on what comes next here for businesses as the app gets a larger rollout.
Educators are taking a proactive approach to find solutions to misinformation.
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