For anyone who's used both, how does this Stories feature compare to Twitter's new Periscope? They appear to aim for very similar targets.
Why I love Snapchat
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#102"The cost of content creation is extremely low, and Snapchat makes it fun to think about what aspects of what I’m doing every day might be cool for other people to see." But what is the reward of content creation? Honest question. How do a user feel their effort in posting was worthy? I never used Snapchat, so I don't get it much. Although I'm for sure not dismissive as some, I just never tried it.
But what is the reward of content creation?
This is actually one of the reasons I like it- it is deliberately counter to a lot of social media. There is no like button, no retweet count, no permanent record- just ephemeral little moments you share with friends, and occasionally they'll mention that they liked one of your snaps to you.
To me, it feels like social media in a way it can actually enhance our lives- it encourages you to share moments but once they are over, it's gone, and there are no statistics that you can use to obsess over whether you are fulfilling your social media potential.
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every real interaction you have in your life immediately disappears. Snapchat is like actually talking with somebody.
Can you tell who has read or seen your posts? I guess I mean, when I talk to someone I know they are there. I don't want to feel pressured to look at the feed every day on the chance of missing something. I feel like the people I talk to, I already talk to. Internet people are internet people - and I'd like them to approach my missives at their own pace. Not have an inspector-gadget like timer associated with the pos…
You can tell which one of your friends has viewed your posts on your personal timeline or directly
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#104I was about to make a snarky comment disagreeing with Justin -- as one of those folks who can't deal with Snapchat, I think it's a weird encapsulation of a lot of my complaints of newer social apps. The UX feels deliberately confusing and disorienting; it promotes a culture of manufactured intimacy; I have to deal with a bunch of software developers thinking they're hip by saying 'bless up' and flooding their social…
I'm 19. Reading Justin's post and your comment makes me squirm. The formality of actually writing paragraphs to describe how you feel contrasts with Snapchat so much. But the thing is, there's nothing wrong with being formal like that. And there's nothing wrong with Snapchat and key emojis. The overwhelming impression I get from your post is either 1) you don't understand Snapchat, or 2) you understand Snapchat, but…
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
At a base level, I'm not sure why you'd do something to have it disappear. Why would I write anything or record a short video that would self destruct?! It seems like it's for meaningless stuff. If you follow that logic far enough that means the whole thing is meaningless.
Every real interaction you have in your life immediately disappears. Snapchat is like actually talking with somebody.
But why should interaction disappear if it doesn't have to? Snapchat is no more like talking with someone than Facebook Messenger is, with the exception that you get to keep your interaction with Facebook Messenger.
While I "get" your point, I think it's a stretch in terms of what Snapchat offers that I can't get elsewhere with a better experience.
But then, I'm well over 20 and from the comments on this post, definitely not snapchat's market.
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#106The problem I have with Snapchat is that there are many deliberate, counterintuitive UI/UX decisions which make the app hard to use. This causes a lot of bad post-hoc rationalization from many startups that "Snapchat is a multibillion dollar startup, and they have these bad UX features, therefore if we have these X features we will be successful too!" And thus the startup ecosystem as a whole gets dragged down.
"counterintuitive UI/UX decisions which make the app hard to use"
Consider that it may be intentional, a way for Snapchat to avoid the Eternal September issue where parents and older people signup as part of a second or third wave of users.
I watched my younger group of brothers and relatives move from Facebook and then Instagram as parents, uncles, aunts, teachers, grandparents etc. signed up to each service.
They're hoping they won't have to move on from Snapchat and can remain more candid there.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm 19. Reading Justin's post and your comment makes me squirm. The formality of actually writing paragraphs to describe how you feel contrasts with Snapchat so much. But the thing is, there's nothing wrong with being formal like that. And there's nothing wrong with Snapchat and key emojis. The overwhelming impression I get from your post is either 1) you don't understand Snapchat, or 2) you understand Snapchat, but…
Being able to write coherent paragraphs is a major key. Even if you Snapchat.
I pointed this out in my comment. You're just disparaging my writing, now, which isn't really a contribution at all.
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#108I was about to make a snarky comment disagreeing with Justin -- as one of those folks who can't deal with Snapchat, I think it's a weird encapsulation of a lot of my complaints of newer social apps. The UX feels deliberately confusing and disorienting; it promotes a culture of manufactured intimacy; I have to deal with a bunch of software developers thinking they're hip by saying 'bless up' and flooding their social…
Just to clarify, the "social dick-measuring contest" the author was referring to is being able to see how many followers or friend a user has. I can look up how many followers some celebrity has on Twitter or compare how many friends I have with another friend on Facebook, but I have no idea how many followers DJ Khaled or any of my friends have on Snapchat. You can friend celebrities or brands on Snapchat if you want, but there's no mechanism within the app to find popular users. There used to be a "score" that you could see (I think you can only see your own score now), but that was based on how you used the app rather than how many friends you have.
I'm not an incredibly social person and I'd never have more than a hundred or so Facebook friends, but I'd always feel a little uneasy whenever I saw how many friends another person had -- you can't help but compare them with yourself. On Snapchat I have no idea how many friends the average user has. It's just a window into the lives of the people you care about (as banal or entertaining as they are).
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
But the reason why it's famous is because it's a meme now, so it doesn't count...
Khaled makes little quips on snapchat all the time. One of them is e.g. "They don't want you to eat breakfast!", following the "They don't want you to ___" mantra he has. Then he usually finishes up with "Breakfast is the key to success.". Silly yet fun things like that. He has even started a store with these phrases: http://wethebeststore.com/products/key-to-more-success See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zXWpjhoe…
Er, this was meant as a reply for xeromal, sorry :).
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#110I think the DJ Khaled's use of Snapchat in particular is genius. The popularity of his Story feed really struck me when I was talking to a couple high-school aged relatives earlier this week. Me: "So do you have any New Years resolutions?" Kid 1: "They don't want you to have resolutions." Me: ?? Kid 2: "Resolutions are the key to success!" ================================= After that exchange, I think there are going…
Can you explain that a little more? I totally missed that conversation. Haha.
DJ Khaled commonly says things like "They don't want you to (insert relatively normal thing here, like watering plants)" and then after doing that thing he'll say "(thing) is the key to success!"