{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news","title":"Furman grads take Yik Yak to new level","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GcoDWztZIW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-grads-take-yik-yak-to-new-level\/\">Furman grads take Yik Yak to new level<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-grads-take-yik-yak-to-new-level\/embed\/#?secret=GcoDWztZIW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Furman grads take Yik Yak to new level&#8221; &#8212; News\" data-secret=\"GcoDWztZIW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/YikYak-Image.jpg","thumbnail_width":235,"thumbnail_height":190,"description":"Two 2013 Furman graduates\u2014Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll\u2014have raised $10 million from major Silicon Valley investors to fund Yik Yak, a location-based social app that allows users to post messages anonymously to other users in their 1.5 mile radius. The two alums, who created the app at Furman and launched it during the university\u2019s Homecoming weekend in November 2013, recently established the company\u2019s first official headquarters in Atlanta Tech Village. With the $10 million, Droll and Buffington are building a full-time staff that includes a front-end developer, back-end developer, community manager, community development manager, designer, lead digital marketer, director of operations and interns. The Upstate Business Journal recently caught up with the Yik Yak creators."}