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Putting the Chat into Snapchat
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#72This 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.
It also destroys Mark Cuban's CyberDust. He wasn't too happy when I pointed that out: https://twitter.com/patel0phone/status/461872015599996929
I even imagined reading his response to you in his voice...
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#73Dragging your video bubble from the top of the screen to the bottom causing a switch to the front facing camera seems like a really clever design decision.
You're pretty much forced to if you maintain the design constraint that you must be touching the screen.
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#75I wonder if we need an update to jwz's famous quote [0]: "Every program attempts to expand until it implements user-to-user messaging. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones that can." [0]: http://www.jwz.org/hacks/
Just as a clerical point, it would be better not to put a modified quote inside quotation marks. Currently, it looks like you're quoting the cited article when you're not.
Really, the quotation marks need scare quotes, so you know they're just so-called quotation marks: "'""'"
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#76The technology of the internet sure has come a long way!
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#77I think this will be big, specifically the video aspect. Removes the biggest problems with video chat (Skype, hangouts etc.) feeling 'weird'. My immediate thoughts: A) Don't feel like you're getting roped into a long conversation (you have to hold down on the screen, so of course it will be short!) B) Doesn't feel like you are bothering people by calling them without knowing if they are free to videochat (they are cl…
That's the first thing that came to mind and I couldn't have said it better. I want to use facetime/skype with family/close friends, but it's just so awkward and cumbersome to get on a call.
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#78I wonder if we need an update to jwz's famous quote [0]: "Every program attempts to expand until it implements user-to-user messaging. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones that can." [0]: http://www.jwz.org/hacks/
The way I see it, Snapchat as a unique fun little app that had a very specific use case. That's what users loved about it.
But VCs aren't so keen on quirky little apps... they want an app that everybody uses all the time. This release is an attempt to take Snapchat more into the mainstream messaging market, even if that means losing its original appeal.
VCs would rather pursue a small chance of being number 1 in a major category to a big chance of being a popular niche player.
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#79I'm not sure why, but it delights me to imagine Snapchat demolishing FB in the messaging wars, particularly after FB spent $19B on Whatsapp.
I think these are some pretty awesome new features. I just got the update via Android, but my friends don't seem to have it yet. I'm excited to try it out, but I don't think I'll ever get completely away from Hangouts, since I use Drive/Gmail to run my startup.
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#80Worst Update Ever.