[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.

[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.

[3] According to Bier, the rumor originated with a single user review from China on October 5,[1] and then was disseminated through TikTok accounts with "few to no US teen followers.

For instance, on October 31, 2022, the police department of Piedmont, Oklahoma issued a warning to parents, encouraging them to check their children's phones, while on November 3, the Oklahoma Oktaha Public School system stated in a Facebook post that "Children are being kidnapped in other towns and this new app is thought to be the source of predators finding their location."

Additionally, local medial outlets such as KOCO in Oklahoma City ran stories making similar statements.