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Re: Snapchat’s product is booming

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Post by vmception »

Ancalagon wrote: post #67

I really don't buy this. Almost all of my friends, who were prolific snap users in college, have converted away to instagram. Stories are so dead, and despite adding people most of my stories get the same ~15-20 views per 24 hours period. That's all very anecdotal, and so is my next point: I get a new bot or porn spam account adding me once or twice a week, some of which have large karma counts indicating they've bee…

Sex workers drive the story use on Snapchat.

Every dating app is filled with sex workers and bots that act like them, advertising their snapchat username in their profiles 24/7 next to "I'm not on here much use my snap". People check it out whether they really interact with the broader platform or not.

It doesn't really matter what you think your friends do socially, when people are hopping on when bored or on the toilet or before going to bed or when horny or lonely.

Re: Snapchat’s product is booming

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Post by vmception »

rvz wrote: post #16
TremendousJudge wrote: post #2

Serious question, who actually uses Snapchat? I haven't heard it mentioned anywhere in at least six months.

It is more like more humans than bots are using Snapchat. Unlike the rest of the other platforms plagued by tons of bots doing nothing but spamming, scamming, etc its seems to have prevented that and optimised their product to be used by actual humans. It's quite a difference, but isn't surprising to see and may also explain the rise in users, given the unlikelihood of millions of bots ruining and inflating the usage…

> It is more like more humans than bots are using Snapchat.

ehhhhhh.... there are LOTTSSS of bots on snapchat. especially if you ever add a pretty person's snap from their dating profile.

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Post by MisterBastahrd »

52358 wrote: post #66

I wonder how many people here are aware of Snapchat's thriving underground OnlyFans-like ecosystem. I also wonder how much of that is driving Snap's user metrics. As far back as 2014, I remember there being a huge ecosystem of "premium" snaps (sometimes known as "prem(ium) girls"), whereby you would pay the account owner a one time or recurring fee for access to a "premium" snapchat account where the owner posts nude…

I haven't paid attention to Snapchat at all because my assumption was that the OnlyFans type ecosystem made up the majority of the platform's content.

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Post by Fargoan »

I'm 34 years old and stopped regularly using Snapchat when I was ¿27? Mostly I used it to split bills with my roommates, but the snapcash feature was removed so I downloaded Cash App. I know I haven't used Snapchat since 2017. I remember this because I was visiting Seattle and viewed geotagged stories to figure out what was going on around town. I deleted the app again when I got back home.

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Post by jaywalk »

gsibble wrote: post #73
jaywalk wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a pretty wide gap between the "older Millennials" and the "younger Millennials" which I would assume is what they were trying to address by using "Gen Y" to refer to the younger ones. Although I've never heard that before.

I've never heard it either but the definition of millennial is like 20 years of births which all had vastly different experiences.

Yeah, so much changed in that 20 year span that the beginning and end are very, very different.

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Post by saos »

52358 wrote: post #66

I wonder how many people here are aware of Snapchat's thriving underground OnlyFans-like ecosystem. I also wonder how much of that is driving Snap's user metrics. As far back as 2014, I remember there being a huge ecosystem of "premium" snaps (sometimes known as "prem(ium) girls"), whereby you would pay the account owner a one time or recurring fee for access to a "premium" snapchat account where the owner posts nude…

> I don't use Snapchat much myself nowadays

Yeah It just disspeared out my life. Pretty sure its for youngens now. But, I did see it moving in a weird direction before deleting my account

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Post by Thlom »

mandeepj wrote: post #36
illwrks wrote: post #9

What I've noticed in the past two years... my daughters friends mother had it on her phone, her daughter showed my daughter the app when we were having lunch. They were trying on 'masks' and various filters. The kids get a real kick out of it, and taking pictures of the adults. My wife installed it on her phone, and likewise when we have met other families the kids have done the same. It's not used for any messaging…

I find Snapchat app to very complicated and cluttered. I guess it's just me. FB has almost cloned Snap's features into Messenger and Insta. So, do you think - Snap's UX is still far better?

On Snapchat it’s extremely easy to take a quick photo and send to your friends. Open snap, take photo, edit photo (if you want) and select one or many friends or groups. Doing the same in any other messaging app is slower and more complicated. For me this is the killer feature.

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Post by atestu »

Ancalagon wrote: post #67

I really don't buy this. Almost all of my friends, who were prolific snap users in college, have converted away to instagram. Stories are so dead, and despite adding people most of my stories get the same ~15-20 views per 24 hours period. That's all very anecdotal, and so is my next point: I get a new bot or porn spam account adding me once or twice a week, some of which have large karma counts indicating they've bee…

I'm in the same situation (minus bot since I delete the app), but I interpret it as: Snapchat is for young people and I'm not longer young. To me it means they're not growing old with their audience, they keep reaching new teenagers every year, which makes them very valuable to advertisers.

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Post by edaemon »

vmception wrote: post #79
hardtke wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My teenagers use Snapchat regularly, and Snap Maps seem to be the "killer app" for them. It allows them to see which of their friends are around when they travel or are out and about on the weekends.

I guess thats nice because its cross platform. But do they also use iOS' built in Find My app?

I think what those groups like about Snap Maps is that it can show not only where your friends are but what they're doing. Imagine if you were having drinks at a bar and a friend posted a snap of them doing the same just a few blocks away -- I'd reach out to meet up with them.
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