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Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by 1rst_alex »

zelcon wrote: post #219
stormbeta wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still lost. Maybe I just have radically different friends than everyone else here, but if I really have some pressing need to know what they're doing on a given day, I just ask them. Nobody cares about the day-to-day minutia, and if it was interesting, stuff like FB or regular messages work just fine. Like most social media apps, this just feels like a solution in search of a problem (except for sexting).

Snapchat is just another fad in the undying trend of reinventing email "in new and exciting ways."

don't you mean reinventing speech - the original form of communication?

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by dang »

kobayashi wrote: post #150

Well, you're right that the ad problem drives people away, but you're wrong in saying that they deliver the same information in a functionally different but essentially similar method. I broadcast and ingest very different information on Snapchat than I ever did on facebook. The ephemeral nature of Snapchat, combined with the lack of public "likes" makes it a much more positive experience to post, and thus I in turn…

> you all are starting to use the downvote button like a bunch of redditors

This breaks the HN guidelines in a bunch of ways. Please (re)-read them and edit this kind of thing out of, not into, your comments here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11828253 and marked it off-topic.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by dredmorbius »

B1FF_PSUVM wrote: post #210
dredmorbius wrote: post #186

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The old remember what it was to be young. The young do not remember what it was to be old.

> The old remember what it was to be young. Not what, how. (The emotional perspective is blown away, a skeleton of selected facts remains. Besides no man being a hero to his valet, usually his older self is not a fan either.)

I'm not quoting anyone particularly.

But I'll stand corrected, if that's what makes you happy, kid ;-)

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by themagician »

Kiro wrote: post #205
themagician wrote: post #145

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There is nothing to "get". It's all the same. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat. People want a free way to broadcast to their friends. Someone invents a service that does that. Slowly ads take over. Now the stream needs to be "curated". It's no longer a timeline. It's no longer sensible. Now you can no longer reliably broadcast to your friends. People search for a new service that did what the old service used t…

I honestly don't think you get it. I've lived through all major social networks and the only one I've shared stuff on is Snapchat. It's a major breakthrough for me.

Sounds like the one who doesn't get it is you.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by kobayashi »

dang wrote: post #282
kobayashi wrote: post #150

Well, you're right that the ad problem drives people away, but you're wrong in saying that they deliver the same information in a functionally different but essentially similar method. I broadcast and ingest very different information on Snapchat than I ever did on facebook. The ephemeral nature of Snapchat, combined with the lack of public "likes" makes it a much more positive experience to post, and thus I in turn…

> you all are starting to use the downvote button like a bunch of redditors This breaks the HN guidelines in a bunch of ways. Please (re)-read them and edit this kind of thing out of, not into, your comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11828253 and marked it off-topic.

Sorry, my mistake. Though I can't edit it out of my comment any longer.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by dave2000 »

Teeboo wrote: post #235
themagician wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is nothing to "get". It's all the same. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat. People want a free way to broadcast to their friends. Someone invents a service that does that. Slowly ads take over. Now the stream needs to be "curated". It's no longer a timeline. It's no longer sensible. Now you can no longer reliably broadcast to your friends. People search for a new service that did what the old service used t…

This. This. This. This. This. This. I believe the value of the social networking platform to a user is inverse to the maturity of the company. Facebook has already become choked with it's own content and advertisements so the next generation migrate to a "cleaner" platform. The centre of gravity shifts. New platform monetises and the choking cycle begins anew... The stages - Stage 1: Platform Exclusivity Platform Cov…

Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see or don't recognize any ads. Is this just because you're using the app whereas I'm using a browser with an ad blocker? Or do you see ads more when you poke around looking at groups and games and whatever (I just spend a few minutes a week looking at friends posts and rarely comment or post any of my own content;i really only joined for Messenger)

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by Teeboo »

dave2000 wrote: post #287
Teeboo wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. This. This. This. This. This. I believe the value of the social networking platform to a user is inverse to the maturity of the company. Facebook has already become choked with it's own content and advertisements so the next generation migrate to a "cleaner" platform. The centre of gravity shifts. New platform monetises and the choking cycle begins anew... The stages - Stage 1: Platform Exclusivity Platform Cov…

Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see or don't recognize any ads. Is this just because you're using the app whereas I'm using a browser with an ad blocker? Or do you see ads more when you poke around looking at groups and games and whatever (I just spend a few minutes a week looking at friends posts and rarely comment or post any of my own content;i really only joined for Messenger)

You don't see ads on Facebook?

It must be the ad blocker. 70% of the real estate via browser is ad based.

Those ads don't include promoted posts from pages you elected to follow.

The majority of content on FB is promotional.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by dang »

kobayashi wrote: post #286
dang wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you all are starting to use the downvote button like a bunch of redditors This breaks the HN guidelines in a bunch of ways. Please (re)-read them and edit this kind of thing out of, not into, your comments here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11828253 and marked it off-topic.

Sorry, my mistake. Though I can't edit it out of my comment any longer.

Thanks! I meant for future comments (editing closes after a couple hours). By the way, if you want to give yourself an extra editing assistance, you can set 'delay' in your profile to between 0 and 10 minutes. Your comments won't appear to others until the delay period expires. That's what I do, because often I have to physically post a comment before I notice something that shouldn't be in there.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by dhimes »

Teeboo wrote: post #288
dave2000 wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see or don't recognize any ads. Is this just because you're using the app whereas I'm using a browser with an ad blocker? Or do you see ads more when you poke around looking at groups and games and whatever (I just spend a few minutes a week looking at friends posts and rarely comment or post any of my own content;i really only joined for Messenger)

You don't see ads on Facebook? It must be the ad blocker. 70% of the real estate via browser is ad based. Those ads don't include promoted posts from pages you elected to follow. The majority of content on FB is promotional.

Holy crap! I had no idea.
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