Other names | Gas App, Melt (former), Crush (former) |
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Original author(s) | Nikita Bier, Isaiah Turner, Dave Schatz, Michael Gutierrez |
Developer(s) | Discord Inc. |
Initial release | August 29, 2022 |
Final release | 1.6.5
/ December 7, 2022 |
Operating system | iOS |
Predecessor | tbh |
Size | 105.6 MB (iOS) |
Available in | English |
Gas (sometimes stylized in all caps), formerly known as Melt as well as Crush,[1] was an American anonymous social media app. Launched in August 2022, the app is oriented towards high schoolers.[2] The app was developed by Nikita Bier, Isaiah Turner, and former Facebook engineer Dave Schatz.[3]
Gas was largely based upon the prior tbh app developed by co-founder Nikita Bier, along with Erik Hazzard, Kyle Zaragoza, and Nicolas Ducdodon in September 2017.[4] tbh was acquired by Facebook inc. (now Meta Platforms) on October 16, 2017,[5] and nearly a year later in July 2018 was dissolved, owing to low usage.[6]
Gas follows a similar purpose to tbh in being a social media app oriented towards high schoolers. In the app, users participate in anonymous polls regarding pre-written complimentary statements to their peers, such as "I'd say yes if (blank) asked me out on a date," "I think (blank) is the coolest kid in school," or "would make an ugly face and still look pretty."[7] Winners of said polls receive a "flame." The name of the app is derived from this, with "gassing someone up" being Gen Z slang for complimenting someone. Users can pay a $6.99 subscription that enables "God Mode," which shows hints regarding who voted for them in a poll.[3]
Gas overtook TikTok and BeReal as the most downloaded app on the Apple App Store in October 2022[3] (the app is currently not available for Android). The app has over 5.1 million downloads as of early November 2022,[1] over a million active users and 300 thousand daily downloads as of October 2022. Currently, the app is available in Canada and the majority of the United States.
On January 17, 2023, Gas was acquired by Discord, however it will remain as a standalone app and the developers of Gas will become Discord staff.[8][9]
On October 18, 2023, Discord announced that service for Gas would be permanently ending effective November 7, 2023, due to a steep decline in users. Effective November 7, the app became completely unusable.[10]