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My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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lurkinggrue wrote: post #123
ambicapter wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but you know snapchat pictures aren't really deleted right? 'Temporary pictures' is a proposition that doesn't actually exist in the digital realm, and certainly not when a VC-backed company is proposing it.

Compared to facebook they go away and it's more a "Probably" goes away. I'm sure there will be a few snapchat users that will get screwed by this but at least the majority of the use will vanish before these kids are old enough for jobs and the shit they did on snapchat doesn't show up in a background check.

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Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by aganders3 »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #35

The most damning thing about Snapchat: ME: I’ve seen how fast you do these responses… How are you able to take in all that information so quickly? BROOKE: I don’t really see what they send. I tap through so fast. It’s rapid fire. I closed the tab at that moment. That alone proved Snapchat has no relevancy to anyone, and is a waste of time and money.

So you didn't make it down to:

> BROOKE: Also, EVERYONE looks at Cosmo on Discover. If it’s funny, they share it.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by nawb »

howeyc wrote: post #86
AaronLasseigne wrote: post #16

It's a video game for her. She doesn't look at the photos in the morning, she just responds to keep the chain going. It's like grinding. She has a score, tries to improve it, get trophies, new equipment (I mean filters), etc.

Indeed, sounds like Snapchat is using gaming techniques[1] for a social app. --- [1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/6/8544303/casino-slot-machine...

That's true, but the trophies and points are barely any value in the day-to-day. For example, in deciding to reply to a snap, the thought "My score's gonna increase if I do this" barely crosses the mind.

It's always just about keeping the conversation. And since a lot of the conversation is filler that need not be saved forever, snaps have a unique position.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by rpgmaker »

quadrangle wrote: post #99

I wish people wouldn't make all these age-based assumptions. When I was 12, I was already disgusted at the indulgent addictions to superficial social shit that my peers did. I'm sure if I were 20 years younger today, my feelings about this nonsense wouldn't be any different.

But you weren't part of the majority of your peers. The generalization is about the majority.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by carc »

ambicapter wrote: post #120
Tactic wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As an old-ass father of 3 that pokes here and there I can tell you that does happen. However, that is hardly the point of it. It is because everyone needs to be able to say and do things that aren't recorded. That go away. And kids need space to experiment and grow in ways they are not watched. Honestly, from what I can tell it is used far more for making funny faces and moments than anything else. Besides, if you ar…

Yes, but you know snapchat pictures aren't really deleted right? 'Temporary pictures' is a proposition that doesn't actually exist in the digital realm, and certainly not when a VC-backed company is proposing it.

Stop pretending you know what you're talking about. Do you know how much money is saved by not keeping those pictures? Snapchat handles more pictures per day than facebook[0], which gets almost half a billion per day. I know a few snapchat engineers that concur that Snapchat really does not keep any pictures, which allows them to make interesting optimizations that Facebook (and similar) can't.

[0] http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/19/snapchat-reportedly-sees-mo...

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Post by Kluny »

bri3d wrote: post #69
tajen wrote: post #18

There's product placement. He namedrops "Treller" and "VSCO". The article isn't "How to upgrade your style", it "How to become a Snapchat user." Even his conclusion is "I'll try more", just like you tell yur teacher when you've failed and you know you'll fail again. I don't doubt the person is authentic, but I wonder how much he has worked with BuzzFeed to tune the article. Still, 1. Snapchat's design is remarkable f…

VSCO is definitely a phenomenon amongst teenagers, regardless of the product placement possibilities in the article. I'd actually have rather seen an article on that, because I find it fascinating that a service without any of the Skinner-box gratification buttons ("like" "retweet" "share" "comment") has taken off in such a big way.

I've been looking for something just like VSCO anyway, so I'm glad to learn about it.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by downandout »

The thing that stuck out to me was the girl that used 60GB of mobile data, and that even the girl he was interviewing said that bandwidth was a major issue. Depending on her friend's parents' data plan, 60GB could easily result in a bill of over $1,000. It makes me wonder a) if Snapchat is compressing as aggressively as they should, and b) if an in-app mobile bandwidth meter might make simiar apps more competitive.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by Kluny »

tajen wrote: post #18

There's product placement. He namedrops "Treller" and "VSCO". The article isn't "How to upgrade your style", it "How to become a Snapchat user." Even his conclusion is "I'll try more", just like you tell yur teacher when you've failed and you know you'll fail again. I don't doubt the person is authentic, but I wonder how much he has worked with BuzzFeed to tune the article. Still, 1. Snapchat's design is remarkable f…

Also, I just googled Treller. It doesn't exist. Either that or I'm not even cool enough to know about it. What is Treller??????

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by rpgmaker »

daveloyall wrote: post #54
haalia wrote: post #30

Well, that was eye-opening. I honestly thought Snapchat was only used to sext off pics of naughty bits.

That's what I thought, too. I thought the core feature was 'self destructing messages/photos'. I also presumed that a dedicated power user could preserve said photos forever, so I immediately wrote the whole thing off.

> I also presumed that a dedicated power user could preserve said photos forever, so I immediately wrote the whole thing off.

Same here. One of the girls also describes how to screenshot the app without the other user being notified. It's doubtful that most teens sexting using the app are unaware of this.

Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by soperj »

EC1 wrote: post #130
anon4 wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't know how to use Facebook when I was 18, so don't feel too bad. We grew up on IRC and PHPBB, social networks of fundamentally different make than the ones in use now. Plus, you are (were) one of the dorks and your sister is one of the cool kids. The two groups have noticeably different modes of socialising.

There was for a brief period what I like to call the "wild west" of the web. All just shitty phpBB and whatnot boards for every topic. There was no concept of social media. I genuinely got to know the people, mods, smods, gmods, admins, superadmins (the list of "positions" was always comically long and induced great drama on most communities). I visited many of those people I formed connections with online, in person…

Yep. I was the same way. The community feel definetely got lost along the way.
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