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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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I had this realization a while ago, Snapchat is basically what Twitter tried to achieve, a realtime pulse on everything happening anywhere, democratic and spontaneous because of information constraints. The difference being that Twitter is plagued with bad actors (you can be mean when you're just typing), whereas Snapchat is much more engaging, friendly, and to put it in a term that everyone understands: fun! The sad thing is I think Twitter engineering is much more talented than Snapchat... cough

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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I had this realization a while ago, Snapchat is basically what Twitter tried to achieve, a realtime pulse on everything happening anywhere, democratic and spontaneous because of information constraints. The difference being that Twitter is plagued with bad actors (you can be mean when you're just typing), whereas Snapchat is much more engaging, friendly, and to put it in a term that everyone understands: fun! The sad…

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.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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post #6

I had this realization a while ago, Snapchat is basically what Twitter tried to achieve, a realtime pulse on everything happening anywhere, democratic and spontaneous because of information constraints. The difference being that Twitter is plagued with bad actors (you can be mean when you're just typing), whereas Snapchat is much more engaging, friendly, and to put it in a term that everyone understands: fun! The sad…

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.

I upvoted your comment before I read the last line. What does brogramming have to do with this?

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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post #6

I had this realization a while ago, Snapchat is basically what Twitter tried to achieve, a realtime pulse on everything happening anywhere, democratic and spontaneous because of information constraints. The difference being that Twitter is plagued with bad actors (you can be mean when you're just typing), whereas Snapchat is much more engaging, friendly, and to put it in a term that everyone understands: fun! The sad…

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.

Do you have some source you can link regarding snapchat the app? I don't know much about it (I could never figure out the interface)

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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post #6

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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.

I upvoted your comment before I read the last line. What does brogramming have to do with this?

Maybe that the app is garbage.

I agree that it's garbage yet also somehow delight in the fact that it proves app purists (use Apple UI guidelines, slickness is paramount to user experience) utterly wrong about the criteria for a successful app.

Re: Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I upvoted your comment before I read the last line. What does brogramming have to do with this?

Maybe that the app is garbage. I agree that it's garbage yet also somehow delight in the fact that it proves app purists (use Apple UI guidelines, slickness is paramount to user experience) utterly wrong about the criteria for a successful app.

No one cares how well the Skinner box is written, just as long as the right levers can be pulled and buttons pressed.
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