Launched back in August of last year, the social media app known as Gas quickly became popular among teens. The app’s name Gas comes from the slang term “gassing someone up”, which is a phrase teens use to describe the act of complimenting someone. The app, which is oriented towards high schoolers, allows users to participate in anonymous polls where they can choose pre-written complimentary statements about peers from their own high school. For example, someone might post the question Who do you secretly admire? The names of four students are listed and users can anonymously choose one out of the four multiple choice answers. Users can see that they’ve been chosen and complimented, but they can’t see who the compliments came from. The app is billed as safe, private, positive, and void of ads and tracking. Still, there are concerns that kids could become obsessively attached to checking the app to see if someone likes them. As always, we recommend caution.