Putting the Chat into Snapchat • Hacker News Board

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 01, 2014, 9:55 AM UTC

dnlserrano wrote: post #6

ghiculescu wrote: post #3

This is a great. I find that half my snapchats are boring photos of my face, lunch, or coffee mug, just so I can put a caption over them. No more! It also seems like a full on attack against Facebook messenger.

Totally agree about Facebook messenger. This is a game changer. FB messenger is going to be the I'm-on-the-subway-and-don't-know-anyone-so-I-better-not-look-silly kinda app, and that's boring.

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Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by jogzden » Thu, May 01, 2014, 9:56 AM UTC

kivikakk wrote: post #4

giga_cardoso wrote: post #2

Is the update only available in the US? nothing here in Portugal

Neither in Australia.

I just got the update now. Check again. I'm really liking the new UI.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by dnlserrano » Thu, May 01, 2014, 9:56 AM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #8

dnlserrano wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally agree about Facebook messenger. This is a game changer. FB messenger is going to be the I'm-on-the-subway-and-don't-know-anyone-so-I-better-not-look-silly kinda app, and that's boring.

I'm-on-the-subway-and-don't-know-anyone-so-I-better-not-look-silly kinda app Hmm, what does this mean? I really don't understand, sorry! Sounds interesting though.

It means people will user Facebook messenger when they are not comfortable with the place they are in. If I'm at home, at my university or my cousins' I will chose Snapchat over Facebook messenger, because I'll feel free enough that I can talk and goof around with that app, in a way that is not possible with Facebook... yet! Also, I think there are people less boring than me who will not give a damn and will use Snapchat's Chat everyday, everywhere, and that's going to be awesome. As clichéd as it might sound, they really are changing the way we communicate.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by jay_neyer » Thu, May 01, 2014, 9:59 AM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #8

dnlserrano wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally agree about Facebook messenger. This is a game changer. FB messenger is going to be the I'm-on-the-subway-and-don't-know-anyone-so-I-better-not-look-silly kinda app, and that's boring.

I'm-on-the-subway-and-don't-know-anyone-so-I-better-not-look-silly kinda app Hmm, what does this mean? I really don't understand, sorry! Sounds interesting though.

I think he's referring to lot of people that spend their time mindlessly sifting through their smartphone in order to avoid eye contact with a stranger.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by k-mcgrady » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:01 AM UTC

I like this. It'll give me a lot more reason to use Snapchat. Currently I've sent only a few snaps but I use Facebook Messenger all the time. If my friends started using this I would become more active on Snapchat.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by KhalPanda » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:01 AM UTC

I still can't believe they turned down $3bn.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by k-mcgrady » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:02 AM UTC

giga_cardoso wrote: post #2

Is the update only available in the US? nothing here in Portugal

It's probably still rolling out to all App Stores (it can take a few hours).

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by yefim » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:10 AM UTC

This is amazing! I love the subtle swipe down to change from back camera to front facing camera.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by jerv » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:11 AM UTC

clearing messages when you leave the chat window will make people not use it

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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Post by dayaz36 » Thu, May 01, 2014, 10:20 AM UTC

It's not a coincidence that they are coming out with new features right before CyberDust is about to become big(they are coming to Android this month). I will switch to CyberDust as soon it comes to Android not just because it's better than snapchat functionally, but because it doesn't reveal the people you talk to most to the whole world. I know a lot of people that don't have snapchat specifically for this reason.