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Nice it will be in between the Kardashian fit booty and what to do when he cheats stories. Snapchat is a wasteland.
Hey, if that's what it takes to reach new potential viewers, then they should go for it.
Don't know, man. Every time part of the establishment (i.e. everything that's already out there and have already made a name for themselves) tries to reach out for the younger crowd it makes itself more démodé, not less so. I've never used Snapchat, though. So I don't know whether this is cool or uncool by their community's standards.
This move by NBC is not intrinsically cool or uncool, it just depends how they execute it.
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People use Snapchat for many reasons, sponsored stories are just one of many.
Its definitely not for substantial news.
We can try to argue about the definition of "substantial" if you want, but in the end, the fact is that I can find you ten thousand young teens that don't give a fuck about politics and do give many fucks about a Kardashian booty transplant.
I remember when people on digg would ceaselessly hate on twitter back in 2008, and now here I am on HN in 2017, ceaselessly hating on Snapchat.
Yet won't turn on their cameras for White House briefings. Why would I care about a coward's product?
As for the show itself, it's ok. It's a really quick flyover of the daily headlines; reminded me a lot of a radio news headline briefing you might hear on NPR or similar, just with video added. I think it's unfair to hate on it because it's "too short, too high-level, too vapid, etc.". Of course it's not hard-hitting original in-depth journalism but it's a convenient way to get the headlines quickly, on-demand, anywhere, without waiting for a dedicated TV or radio program. Especially in these days of heightened political interest, it's hard to argue that it's better for someone to remain completely ignorant of U.S. and world affairs rather than consume news in a format that may not be the most detailed or the most interesting to you personally.
Side rant: I can't help but feel personally offended whenever I read an article or comment that assumes I have a "low attention span" just because I'm a Snapchatting millennial. The variety of social backgrounds encompassed by the term "millennial" is so broad that blanket insults like "low attention span" border on outright ageism.
Nice it will be in between the Kardashian fit booty and what to do when he cheats stories. Snapchat is a wasteland.