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Re: My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”

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Post by WatchDog »

doublerebel wrote: post #195
fuzzywalrus wrote: post #177

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Maybe I'm living in a bubble, but since when has SMS been a painful experience for messaging? If I'm texting whoever, whenever, I can send a snap and I have the bonus of not having to take a picture for every text I send. Plus in the days of modern texting, I use Messages from my computer which makes life even more pleasant as at work I'm able to keep in touch with friends/family without even glancing at my phone. I…

MMS for picture messaging: * picture quality sucks * not ephemeral * requires multiple clicks (snapchat is just one button) * difficult to BCC (snapchat sending is ALL bcc, which is awesome ) * doesn't work well from country to country (if at all -- but getting snaps from my international friends is really really cool and works the same as local) * no easy way to send video * expects a reply * is awkward to send in t…

Also usually costs several orders of magnitude more than the data.

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Post by lohengramm »

anon4 wrote: post #116
gavman wrote: post #29

It's amazing that at age 22 I've already seemingly "aged-out" of being an early adopter/power user of new social media (not that Snapchat is new, but I use it maybe once or twice a day and I've never even heard of "Triller" and "VSCO"). My 15 year old sister is always rolling her eyes telling me how to "correctly" use my existing social media apps and I've never heard of most of the new apps she's into.

I didn't know how to use Facebook when I was 18, so don't feel too bad. We grew up on IRC and PHPBB, social networks of fundamentally different make than the ones in use now. Plus, you are (were) one of the dorks and your sister is one of the cool kids. The two groups have noticeably different modes of socialising.

I still don't know how to use Facebook... Neither Snapchat or whatever social thing. I only need a text messaging app, which today is WhatsApp, and i'm fine.

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Post by daveidol »

ambicapter wrote: post #120
Tactic wrote: post #52

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As an old-ass father of 3 that pokes here and there I can tell you that does happen. However, that is hardly the point of it. It is because everyone needs to be able to say and do things that aren't recorded. That go away. And kids need space to experiment and grow in ways they are not watched. Honestly, from what I can tell it is used far more for making funny faces and moments than anything else. Besides, if you ar…

Yes, but you know snapchat pictures aren't really deleted right? 'Temporary pictures' is a proposition that doesn't actually exist in the digital realm, and certainly not when a VC-backed company is proposing it.

Yes, they really are.

Read the "Message Deletion and Retention" section: https://www.snapchat.com/privacy

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Post by cdcarter »

eru wrote: post #57
mschuster91 wrote: post #40

What in holy blazes, 60 gigabytes in a month just for one fucking stupid app? 1) what carrier does that girl have? And at what cost? With German internet prices, we'd look at a 500€ per month alone for data, not to mention other data using apps, calls, SMSes... 2) what the fuck, I use Netflix at home quite regularly and rarely exceed 50 GByte (I'm on a 50/5 VDSL so it isn't a lack of speed) of traffic. How many billi…

If she has an iPhone, just auto-backup to the cloud might cost her much more bytes than the picture alone. (They actually shoot a short video for each picture.)

Snapchat doesn't autobackup to the cloud. It's whole thing is that it's ephemeral.

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Post by aledalgrande »

cdcarter wrote: post #214
eru wrote: post #57

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If she has an iPhone, just auto-backup to the cloud might cost her much more bytes than the picture alone. (They actually shoot a short video for each picture.)

Snapchat doesn't autobackup to the cloud. It's whole thing is that it's ephemeral.

It's funny how they dodged several technical challenges by deciding to do that.

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Post by spacehome »

tdaltonc wrote: post #198
dsuth wrote: post #174

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> 1. Snapchat's design is remarkable for its hidden features that you discover by social-networking Honest question: isn't this just bad UI design?

I don't think so. It's simple for a firs time user, but has near limitless depth for hardcore users.

Non-snapchat user here. I find this hard to believe.

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Post by kethinov »

NamTaf wrote: post #156
codeshaman wrote: post #65

These young people are addicted to their phones and snapchat. Later on in life, when they 'grow out' of snapchat, they will replace the addiction with something else - some other app, but also food, drugs or sex. Whatever thing they will find interesting, they will pursue it with the same pattern that they learn with these apps / games. This future generation will have to find a way to live with all this addictive te…

You're looking back with rose-coloured glasses. I did the same thing with ICQ, MSN Messenger, etc. for chat. I did the same thing with Ultima Online and Counterstrike for gaming. I mean shit, there was a few weekends where my best mate from school and I camped a spawn of particular monsters in UO such that we spent about 17 hours total there each day of the weekend for a few weekends. When one needed to go (dinner, l…

I'll bet you raised enough gold to get a few pairs of blessed black sandals though. And maybe even some neon hair dye.

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Post by kethinov »

duderific wrote: post #201
rtl49 wrote: post #178

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Perhaps this line of thinking is why many adults of today let the kids run rampage while matters of immediate importance to them go unattended. It is often difficult for a thinking person to admit to a sense of certainty, but at the risk of seeming to exclude myself from that group, I have to say that I believe this is a sheer waste of time, and almost certainly an intellectually destructive one. It is not necessaril…

Replace "SnapChat" with "Television" or "Video Games" in your comments, and the meaning is no different. Do you feel the same way about all diversionary forms of leisure?

SnapChat was designed to foster deliberately forgettable experiences.

Good TV shows and video games are highly memorable, perhaps even life-changing experiences.

I think it's valid to say that there are varying levels of quality in leisure.

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Post by ArkyBeagle »

matt_morgan wrote: post #49
ceocoder wrote: post #47

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man this is scary for me, I'm about to have a baby girl (she already has a Gmail account), I know I'm far from the "dad doesn't get 'it'" phase, but it is still scary. Do you have any tips to make this transition easy?

Every kid is different. You'll know what to do.

That's exactly right. If you don't right away, it won't take long to find it.

Never forget to tell them "you are my vengeance on this world."

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Post by DanFeldman »

dsuth wrote: post #174
tajen wrote: post #18

There's product placement. He namedrops "Treller" and "VSCO". The article isn't "How to upgrade your style", it "How to become a Snapchat user." Even his conclusion is "I'll try more", just like you tell yur teacher when you've failed and you know you'll fail again. I don't doubt the person is authentic, but I wonder how much he has worked with BuzzFeed to tune the article. Still, 1. Snapchat's design is remarkable f…

> 1. Snapchat's design is remarkable for its hidden features that you discover by social-networking Honest question: isn't this just bad UI design?

No. If you look at snapchat as one of the most addicting games on the market right now, hidden features make complete sense. They increase the 'skill ceiling' of sorts, and dramatically increase user longevity.
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