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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 gre »

anamoulous wrote: post #113
sharkweek wrote: post #15

30something here - It took me a while to "get" Snapchat, but in my opinion there is no better way to keep up with friends and family digitally than via Snapchat Stories. You can post pretty shamelessly the little things you're up to all day to your story, knowing it will be gone in 24 hours, keeping your feed really clean. Posting more than once or twice a day to Instagram/Facebook seems excessive, Twitter is a bit m…

Why are we content to let the pictures and videos we create disappear though?

That's the part I don't like about it. The president's car passes at a rally, do I take phone video or snapchat it or just enjoy the moment?

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Post by seizethecheese »

dcw303 wrote: post #93

Social media networks are like night clubs. Myspace was edgy and underground, then it got invaded by the masses and it was no longer trendy, so everyone went to Facebook. Facebook was good for a while but now your parents and family are in every conversation. How much fun can you have in a nightclub with your parents watching everything you do? Twitter is more like a massive dance hall filled with people shouting at…

This begs for a description of HN as a nightclub.

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Post by plaidturtle »

sharkweek wrote: post #15

30something here - It took me a while to "get" Snapchat, but in my opinion there is no better way to keep up with friends and family digitally than via Snapchat Stories. You can post pretty shamelessly the little things you're up to all day to your story, knowing it will be gone in 24 hours, keeping your feed really clean. Posting more than once or twice a day to Instagram/Facebook seems excessive, Twitter is a bit m…

early 20 something here.

My friends and I went "offline" and we are much closer and happier. Social media is overrated. I think we will look back at this time in the future like how we look back at cigarette smoking in the 50s. It has its place but its usefulness is limited. I don't question Snapchat's business potential, though.

edit: also I find it funny (and pathetic) how industry analyst struggle to understand social media and what is the next big social media. They just don't get it.

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Post by dylanz »

I'm not a Snapchat user, but my girlfriend is. I watch her use Timehop and she laughs at old tweets she made... when she actually used Twitter. She then goes to Snapchat and watches other people's stories for the next hour while I catch up on news (HN, industry news, etc). I understand why Snapchat is popular, but I don't understand people who use it (sorry bae).

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by alttab »

altonzheng wrote: post #11
alttab wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uh. Twitter is instantly public and indexed by google. Snapchat content goes away. They have very, very different goals. That said, it's easily agreeable that Snapchat the app is a flaming pile of brogramming.

Personally, I think in the long run, when you think of it, they are really similar. I get that they are physically entirely different products, but I feel like they are both competing for the same limited resource: attention. I'm speaking solely from what I value personally, but to me, I lump Twitter and Snapchat in the same category that can be described as: what I do when I'm bored and want to see what's happening…

I mean I get it. I really do. And you're right, especially about attention (advertising).

But the goals are different. And twitter is failing.

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Post by rescripting »

anamoulous wrote: post #113
sharkweek wrote: post #15

30something here - It took me a while to "get" Snapchat, but in my opinion there is no better way to keep up with friends and family digitally than via Snapchat Stories. You can post pretty shamelessly the little things you're up to all day to your story, knowing it will be gone in 24 hours, keeping your feed really clean. Posting more than once or twice a day to Instagram/Facebook seems excessive, Twitter is a bit m…

Why are we content to let the pictures and videos we create disappear though?

Because you'd get overwhelmed if you saved every little moment of your day?

Sometimes those moments are worth sharing with people because it brings you closer or continues a conversation. However, like with a conversation you don't need to remember the exact words sometime later for that conversation to have been worthwhile.

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Post by ohstopitu »

ryanSrich wrote: post #115
kerbs wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are different kinds of confusing. Twitter is fundamentally confusing (for all the reasons mentioned - @'s, reply, RT, etc..) Snapshot's confusing part is only in the strange UI decisions of the app itself. Those I feel they could easily remedy.

This exactly. While I think Twitter could improve their UI by leaps and bounds, Snapchat's UI is just incomprehensible. However I'm a strong believer in it being 100% intentional at this point.

Just out or curiosity, what part of snapchat's UI did you find confusing?

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by alttab »

whateveracct wrote: post #12
alttab wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uh. Twitter is instantly public and indexed by google. Snapchat content goes away. They have very, very different goals. That said, it's easily agreeable that Snapchat the app is a flaming pile of brogramming.

The snapchat app is fun, easy to use for the most part, full of good features, and aesthetically pleasing. What's your deal with it?

Battery usage, lag, crashes, app and OS freezes, general performance.

It won't be a utility until my $600 phone can withstand casual usage.

I'm hip to the jive at 29 and can learn the interfaces quickly. The brogrammer doesn't pay attention to the details hence the indictment.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by [deleted] »

dylanz wrote: post #124

I'm not a Snapchat user, but my girlfriend is. I watch her use Timehop and she laughs at old tweets she made... when she actually used Twitter. She then goes to Snapchat and watches other people's stories for the next hour while I catch up on news (HN, industry news, etc). I understand why Snapchat is popular, but I don't understand people who use it (sorry bae).

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Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Post by billwilliams »

dcw303 wrote: post #93

Social media networks are like night clubs. Myspace was edgy and underground, then it got invaded by the masses and it was no longer trendy, so everyone went to Facebook. Facebook was good for a while but now your parents and family are in every conversation. How much fun can you have in a nightclub with your parents watching everything you do? Twitter is more like a massive dance hall filled with people shouting at…

Weird metaphor. 1 Billion people on Facebook daily. Most of twitter's interactions are read only. So according to this idea Facebook is a nightclub the size of china and twitter is one of those weird sex clubs where you watch people behind one way mirrors.
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