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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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Post by EGreg »

glxc wrote: post #254
dpcan wrote: post #251

"Parents don’t understand. It’s about being there in the moment." In WHAT moment? That moment when someone snapchats a snapchat for the sake of snapchatting? Hey, I have a 14yo son who texts like a maniac and never takes his earbuds out of his ears. He has hundreds of thousands of views on his G+ profile, which is the thing him and his friends are all over. But lately they've moved to Facebook because they follow the…

"being there in the moment" = dopamine squirts

being there in the moment = social pressure to fit in and participate in shared rituals

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Post by lifeformed »

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…

What kind of hidden features?

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Post by steveoc64 »

downandout wrote: post #137

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.

Thought about that too, but then, as the girl in the article suggests, its not the excessive bandwidth use that is the problem ... teh real prob is that parents just dont understand, its all about living in the moment.

Im sure that silly old Daddy, once he got his head around that simple concept, could just appreciate it for what it is, and stop stressing out over some stupid bill. He is just missing the whole point.

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Post by tlrobinson »

mapmap wrote: post #227
cyphar wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Stop pretending you know what you're talking about. Calm down. > Do you know how much money is saved by not keeping those pictures? Okay, fine. Even if the pictures aren't stored indefinitely (I'd assume they'd do batch deletions at the end of the day or something when latency isn't as important), all of the photos are encrypted with the same symmetric key which can be found in any Snapchat binary. Which means that…

Why aren't they encrypting end-to-end with private keys on the devices?

Because teenagers don't understand/care about that.

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Post by tlrobinson »

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.

This was my thought exactly. It's the new FarmVille.

How long will it last?

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Post by lotu »

doublerebel wrote: post #195
fuzzywalrus wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe I'm living in a bubble, but since when has SMS been a painful experience for messaging? If I'm texting whoever, whenever, I can send a snap and I have the bonus of not having to take a picture for every text I send. Plus in the days of modern texting, I use Messages from my computer which makes life even more pleasant as at work I'm able to keep in touch with friends/family without even glancing at my phone. I…

MMS for picture messaging: * picture quality sucks * not ephemeral * requires multiple clicks (snapchat is just one button) * difficult to BCC (snapchat sending is ALL bcc, which is awesome ) * doesn't work well from country to country (if at all -- but getting snaps from my international friends is really really cool and works the same as local) * no easy way to send video * expects a reply * is awkward to send in t…

Half of those are not true on iOS

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Post by venomsnake »

dpcan wrote: post #251

"Parents don’t understand. It’s about being there in the moment." In WHAT moment? That moment when someone snapchats a snapchat for the sake of snapchatting? Hey, I have a 14yo son who texts like a maniac and never takes his earbuds out of his ears. He has hundreds of thousands of views on his G+ profile, which is the thing him and his friends are all over. But lately they've moved to Facebook because they follow the…

They are liking G+ - now that is revolution ...

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Post by visakanv »

JabavuAdams wrote: post #243

Youth is wasted on the young. I've loved video games since I was about 7. I've made a good living off of video games. In my thirties, I never once thought "Man, I wish I'd spent more time playing video games in my twenties." Now, as I turn 40, I wonder how different my life would have been if I'd spent more time doing other things, instead of playing video games. The process of aging is impossible to convey fully, bu…

> Now, as I turn 40, I wonder how different my life would have been if I'd spent more time doing other things, instead of playing video games.

Do you mind sharing what these other things are, specifically? Thanks!

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