More than a year after it’s introduction to NSU, Fizz, a college connection app, has become a tool students use to connect with other students and be informed.
Amber Schlembach, freshman nursing major, considers it a campus-news outlet.
“I use Fizz daily for fun, but it’s also really informative and helpful. I’ve found out many things through it I [wouldn’t] expect,” Schlembach said. “[I know] when there’s serious things going on like cop-related incidents or school-related events. I live on campus but even then, there’s so much I don’t hear about until I go on the app.”
Students are required to log in to the app with their college email, making it exclusive to their specific university. Once online, they can post comments, repost, reply to others and message each other, while staying anonymous. Students can respond to comments with an upvote or downvote. Each upvote increases the popularity of a comment and moves the commenter up the app’s leaderboard. The app also has a feature similar to Facebook Marketplace, which allows students to safely buy and sell items.
Madison Wilk, junior exercise and sport science major, enjoys using Fizz.
“It’s like I finally saw a side to the students I hadn’t before. I remember commenting on a complaint about a test, just because I needed to vent. The next day, it had so many upvotes. It’s crazy how so many people agree with you. It makes you feel as if you belong and you’re understood,” Wilk said.
NSU’s former Fizz On-Campus Ambassador Javed Chadee said the app has grown popular over time and reached the point where promotion isn’t necessary. More than 2,000 students are registered, according to the app’s leaderboard.
“I used to be an ambassador, but before we knew it, everyone had the app. There was no need for handing out merch anymore. People liked using the app without us telling them to,” Chadee said. “At the beginning, it was just me and a couple of my friends on the app. It had a leaderboard and we were constantly on it since we were basically the first ones on the app. After a few months, the leaderboard grew immensely and none of us recognized the usernames that were on it.”
Chadee was approached on campus by Fizz ambassadors and became one because of his interest in the app.
“I didn’t even know what the app was, no one here did, but I was curious and my friends and I thought it would be fun. They told us the idea behind the app was to create a sense of community amongst students at college campuses through the features it has,” Chadee said.
Students like Natalia Junkers, freshman entrepreneurship major, feel Fizz is different than other anonymous apps like Whisper and Yik Yak.
“I feel like Fizz isn’t here to bash people anonymously, but students more so use it to share funny and relatable experiences, or complain without having the risk of getting caught or confronted. That’s what I’ve seen most when scrolling through the app,” Junkers said.
Luqman Gbenro contributed to this report.
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