<s>
Gas	O
was	O
largely	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
prior	O
tbh	B-Application
app	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
co-founder	O
Nikita	O
Bier	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Erik	O
Hazzard	O
,	O
Kyle	O
Zaragoza	O
,	O
and	O
Nicolas	O
Ducdodon	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
tbh	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Facebook	O
inc	O
.	O
(	O
now	O
Meta	O
Platforms	O
)	O
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
was	O
dissolved	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
low	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gas	O
follows	O
a	O
similar	O
purpose	O
to	O
tbh	B-Application
in	O
being	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
app	O
oriented	O
towards	O
high	O
schoolers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gas	O
overtook	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
BeReal	B-Algorithm
as	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	O
app	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2022	O
(	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
currently	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
17	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
Gas	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Discord	B-Application
,	O
however	O
it	O
will	O
remain	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
app	O
and	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Gas	O
will	O
become	O
Discord	B-Application
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
rumors	O
spread	O
largely	O
throughout	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
Snapchat	B-Application
alleged	O
that	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
linked	O
to	O
human	O
trafficking	O
(	O
in	O
particular	O
sex	O
trafficking	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bier	O
,	O
the	O
rumor	O
originated	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
user	O
review	O
from	O
China	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
was	O
disseminated	O
through	O
TikTok	B-Application
accounts	O
with	O
"	O
few	O
to	O
no	O
US	O
teen	O
followers.	O
"	O
</s>
