Kik Messaging & Chat App 17+

So this app is awesome! I’ve met new friends and found out new things, jut a few problems our group chats have been infested with thot bots so there’s no room for actual people in the chat... this leads for me to believe your security of the app needs updating so bots don’t get through and the bots in the app that are made by you are great I like all the extra features I just want them to stop messaging me because it’s annoying... I used this anonymous bot that you could send messages through to other people and them not know it’s you and now I’m non stop getting messages from them and I can’t stop it without blocking them (which I don’t want to do because of the anonymous part of it) apart from them the apps great! Thanks

Where to begin….. whether or not you have the notifications switched on, it can be pot luck if you get them. I have it switched on and don’t get them but many of my friends do. The app randomly crashes from time to time and erases the message you were in the process of sending. More recently the ability to start a group has disappeared and when you try you just get a message telling you an unexpected error has occurred. The frequent disgusting messages from people you didn’t ask to contact you or don’t even know are draining and don’t stop no matter how many times you report it to kik. The adverts that randomly pop up at odd times you can just about live with but the fact this app is so unused friendly and miles behind many other chat apps makes it a poor choice. Often people can tell you they have sent you a message but when you look in the stream there is nothing at my end but when they send you a screen shot of theirs they clearly have and it tells you it’s been delivered by not read. If it wasn’t for the fact that I don’t have to give people my number to use this I really wouldn’t waste my time. Worst chat app ever.

Kik used to be a great app for finding groups of likeminded people and hanging out shooting the… well having a good ol’ chinwag. Nowadays most rooms are filled with bots who seek your personal information, posing as attractive people they will dm you and some seem to be almost real. Kik seemingly has no interest in stemming the flow of these spam bots, possibly because they still make up numbers of users on the app and while there are still great rooms with vigilant admin keeping the bots at bay they are few and far between. All in all Kik is not what it once was but hopefully the developers will do something about these bots but I won’t hold my breath. That might be the biggest issue but it’s not the only issue. Kik will randomly open the App Store, gets all buggy if you try to switch between horizontal and vertical, using the in app camera or attempting to upload a picture from camera roll will force you into Kik live streams. It’s really in quite a terrible state.