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kik app

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shellyr1989 · 24/03/2022 10:25

received a screenshot from bf of something random.. in the top left status bar off the phone there was a notification which was green and said kik.. i know the answer to this question already but just need clarification. this clearly means the kik app is running on this fone and sending alerts doesnt it.. can there be any other reason for an alert on a phone in the top left status bar.. he saying he doesnt have app which is ridiculous..thanks in advance

OP posts:
Momijin · 24/03/2022 10:34

I don't have kik but I only get notifications from the apps that i have downloaded. He's lying.

MadeForThis · 24/03/2022 10:35

Did it have an arrow beside it? If so it was the last app he was on.

shellyr1989 · 24/03/2022 10:46

@MadeForThis there is an arrowing pointing up to the left of the notification

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Thisisworsethananticpated · 24/03/2022 10:52

I deleted kik and had no sign off it thereafter
I think he’s lying

StopSkrikin · 24/03/2022 10:55

It means he has a message, that's what the message notification looks like.

MalbecandToast · 24/03/2022 11:08

Oh man, that's a shitter OP Sad. KIK is universally known as the app of choice for cheaters Sad

shellyr1989 · 24/03/2022 11:24

i downloaded the app myself..wrote hi to a random profile. got a reply and the identical notification showed up in the same spot on my fone.. i knew anyway just had to be fully sure. thanks for your replies

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MalbecandToast · 24/03/2022 11:38

What a shit Sad

Sonaftersonafterson · 24/03/2022 11:45

Yeah message notification sadly OP x

NightOwl6 · 24/03/2022 11:54

Yes it’s a common app used for people cheating. It’s also how a friend discovered her partner had cheated.

Banjjoo3 · 24/03/2022 11:57

I used this app to be able to message my son when he was too small to have his own telephone number but had one of my old phones, could it potentially be innocent?

shellyr1989 · 24/03/2022 12:02

@Banjjoo3 i hoped so but realistically if it was innocent why deny having the app at all..he tried to say it was an email he had about the app from years ago when he had it.its beyond shady hes defo lying

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SophieSoSo · 24/03/2022 12:04

[quote shellyr1989]@Banjjoo3 i hoped so but realistically if it was innocent why deny having the app at all..he tried to say it was an email he had about the app from years ago when he had it.its beyond shady hes defo lying[/quote]
Exactly this, if it was innocent why would he lie?

MarrymeTomHardy · 24/03/2022 13:06

He's lying & as above ~ we all know what Kik is used for Flowers

baileys6904 · 24/03/2022 13:08

Did he take the screenshot, or is it a screenshot he was forwarded?? Ie, memes etc will just have the screen of the original not the latest phone it hit

VeryMuchFlaggingMinty · 24/03/2022 13:10

[quote shellyr1989]@Banjjoo3 i hoped so but realistically if it was innocent why deny having the app at all..he tried to say it was an email he had about the app from years ago when he had it.its beyond shady hes defo lying[/quote]
That's definitely bullshit.

I had it for a while, deleted the app, but not my account.

I did have an email subsequently telling me there were messaged waiting for me, but it didn't show up as a notification. It would only do that if he still has the app installed.

shellyr1989 · 24/03/2022 13:45

it was a screenshot of his phone 100 per cent not a meme

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loveyoutothemoon · 24/03/2022 16:52

How long have you been together? Could he have done it deliberately?

Duopingu · 24/03/2022 16:55

Yup the notification only appears when app is downloaded and open and a new message has been received.

davidwebsteruk · 24/03/2022 17:16

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2DogsOnMySofa · 24/03/2022 17:23

What kind of grown adult uses KIK? 😂

Once that want a hook up usually

babywalker56 · 24/03/2022 17:31

What kind of grown adult uses KIK? 😂*
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This is honestly what I was thinking?!! KIK was a popular app when I was in school in like 2011/2012😂 I'm surprised by the comments because I really didn't think people used it to hook up. It was just one of the lesser interesting social media sites like Bebo. Surprise it's even still around.

If he has an iphone tho it defo would have said Mail in the corner (if he really did get an email) and not Kik. So dumb to get caught out that way

davidwebsteruk · 24/03/2022 17:38

In a lot of these predator exposed videos on social media often it transpires the predator has got KiK in order to chat with the kids..

just sayin...

Elieza · 24/03/2022 17:44

People on the online dating site I am on ask all the time if I have Kik. I don’t. Thankfully as they prob want to send me their hideous dick pics.

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