Gas

What is Gas?

Gas is a social media service for young people that lets you interact with your friends by semi-anonymously answering polls that refresh every hour. You can choose pre-made poll questions, and then select your friends as the options. The questions posed on Gas are intended to be positive and designed to give users compliments and improve their self-esteem. Anyone can sign up, but the app is designed for high school students, and you can select your school to create a friends list composed only of your classmates. 

In return for answering poll questions, you collect coins that allow you to see who answered certain questions about you. If you win a poll, a ‘Flame’ gets added to your profile. A subscription is also available, which unlocks additional features, including giving you greater visibility of who compliments you.

The tagline for the app is ‘find your crush’, so it is also designed to facilitate online connections. However, you can only interact with other users through polls and only with people you have accepted as friends. Gas does not allow direct messaging between users, even if you are friends. 

Website: gasapp.co (not currently accessible in Australia).
Apps: Not currently available in Australia.

How do people use Gas?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use social media like Gas.

Gas is used for: anonymous communication, content sharing, location sharing, online relationships, photo/video sharing, and screen capture.

How can you report online abuse or ask for content to be removed?

This link is provided by Gas:

• Report abuse
  You can report a user using in-app functions or report a negative experience to Gas using the following email: help@gasapp.co.

How can you protect your personal information?

These links are provided by Gas:

• Privacy settings
  Information on privacy settings is available in the safety centre. Your friends can view your ‘Top Flames’ when visiting your profile, but you can choose to hide them. 
• Data sharing and privacy 
  Information on how data is shared with other users and used by the app is available in the privacy policy. When answering a poll, Gas sends your response to your friends and it includes your grade, gender, and the other poll options, which could include friends or contacts. Users with a subscription may be able to see your name.
• Location data
  Information on location data is available in the safety centre. Gas claims to only use your approximate location once at signup to suggest nearby schools. It recommends disabling your location access after signup.

Key safety links

These links are provided by Gas:

• Safety centre
  Provides information on how to stay safe and keep your friends safe on Gas.
• Terms of service
  The terms you agree to when you use Gas.
• FAQ
  Frequently asked questions about Gas.
• Privacy policy
  Outlines Gas’s policy on the type of information they collect and how they use it.