QUIC at Snapchat

#1

Post by samk-snap » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 2:04 AM UTC

QUIC at Snapchat
eng.snap.com

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#2

Post by colesantiago » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:26 AM UTC

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

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#3

Post by vorpalhex » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:30 AM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

Nobody wants slow, laggy sexting.

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Post by paxys » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:31 AM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

They are a $100 billion company. They are involved in a lot of things.

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Post by qqtt » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:37 AM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

From what I understand Snapchat has more daily active users than Twitter and also a user base growing much faster.

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Post by samtheprogram » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:02 AM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

I have used Snapchat for almost a decade and never for sexting. Ephemerality and a lack of feeds make it a decent place for social media without social cooling. Direct messages and group messaging meanwhile can be saved indefinitely on a case by case basis (i.e. in the settings for the specific thread) and notifies the people you’re talking to of the change. It’s actually quite nice.

Lack of discoverability (which they are sort of adding, but mostly for bigger influencers and/or publications) is a positive. In my opinion they don’t suffer from the same issues as the other platforms. For example, there isn’t any sort of liking mechanism. If you like something, you message the person directly.

Maybe it’s a generational thing. That said, if I were to delete all my social media, I might keep Snapchat. It just isn’t the same. It’s more akin to Telegram but with a focus on photos.

EDIT: thread/conversation expiration can be increased to 24 hours, individual messages can be saved indefinitely, or screenshotted. Either notifies the user you’re contacting.

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#7

Post by nefitty » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:09 AM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #3

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

Nobody wants slow, laggy sexting.

Apparently, my wife learns a lot of Excel tips on Snapchat. My friend’s wife and my wife got into a long conversation once about the productivity stuff they learned on Snapchat. My friend and I are a little older and never used Snapchat. We were surprised and confused.

I do use https://map.snapchat.com occasionally when I’m feeling curious about what other humans are doing at this exact same moment on other parts of the world. I found posts from a community of Inuits once and learned about some of the food they eat.

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Post by sergiomattei » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:11 AM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #3

colesantiago wrote: post #2

Wait, is this the same sexting app from years ago? Why would they be involved in QUIC?

Nobody wants slow, laggy sexting.

Can't kill the vibe.

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#9

Post by regecks » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:34 AM UTC

Today, are there any messaging frameworks similar to zeromq or nanomsg ng, implementing a QUIC transport? Looking to play with a bit. gRPC is a bit heavy for me and lacks a pure-C implementation.

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#10

Post by flakiness » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:42 AM UTC

Cronet on the client side is no brainer, at least for Android. It's Chrome's network stack. I wonder what they're using on the server side. Is there any obvious choice that is not even worth a mention, or they implemented it by themselves ?