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[T Dollarz]

I go back and forth between thinking it's pretty cool and a curse on society.

 

[outunderthestars]

I'm 38 so I don't think I know anyone who uses it.

 

[Mostmanlyman]

It is fun.
I dont how you see it as a curse.

 

[Qblivion]

It just seems unnecessary. Why can't you just send a photo over sms, or post it to twitter?

 

[lethial]

Nobody I know really uses it anymore.

 

[ThankeeSai]

Just seems totally pointless to me, but I guess I'm certainly not the market it's aimed at. I'm... ahem.... Old. (39).

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

It is fun.
I dont how you see it as a curse.

It's a curse on my old phone cause it's a battery and data hog.

 

[kavanf1]

I don't use it. My daughter is eleven and she thinks it's brilliant.

 

[Numb]

Intrusive

 

[Ladekabel]

Snapchat scares me. Its icon is a ghost.

 

[GK86]

It just seems unnecessary. Why can't you just send a photo over sms, or post it to twitter?

Because it is photos you don't really care about outside of that little moment or care to keep around forever.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Face swapping is legit hilarious.

 

[chaosblade]

Snapchat is one of those things I've heard of but I don't have a clue what it is.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I love it, use it on a regular basis with my friends. But I am one of the very few gaffers that will live to see 2076 so I could be biased.

 

[Sou Da]

Everyone around me uses it. Seems like a convoluted way to ensure nudes aren't saved.

 

[Minamu]

I'm 30 and mostly use it as a text chat with friends and my gf. But I do lament the trend of fleeting pictures, there're so many snap moments I'll never be able to share with my future kids etc. When I was a child we had regular physical photo albums and that's just practically non-existent these days. Snapchat ain't helping there.

 

[N.Domixis]

Everyone I know uses it for girls around the college area. I don't have any of these apps. Don't see the point.

 

[Zombine]

I use it all the damn time. I'm 26 and all of my friends fall around their mid 20s and we think it's hilarious.

 

[jwk94]

It just seems unnecessary. Why can't you just send a photo over sms, or post it to twitter?

Snapchat is far faster.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

I'm 30 and mostly use it as a text chat with friends and my gf. But I do lament the trend of fleeting pictures, there're so many snap moments I'll never be able to share with my future kids etc. When I was a child we had regular physical photo albums and that's just practically non-existent these days. Snapchat ain't helping there.

Snapchat allows you to save any images you post on your stories though. You can also just screenshot other people's snaps if you really wanna keep it.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I miss being able to see other people's best friends so I had an idea of who might be fucking on the low.

I use it pretty frequently. I HATE group messages via text though, go figure

 

[Dongs Macabre]

The face swapping thing is pretty great.

 

[Unicorn]

I just hate the deleting part. Sometimes it loads and my screen idles off and I turn it on and thinks I viewed the picture. Then to replay it it says I need money.
Also I'm sure the android version is leagues behind the apple version in content and filters.

 

[Fevaweva]

I enjoyed it until 'The Man' started using it to advertise. I do miss a lot of the laughs though.

 

[Dany]

It's so handy. Just send a neat picture or video to your friends w/o consequence. Or post it to your story if anyone wants to see whatever you're up to. It's the least social social Media.

 

[Rocketz]

I've never touched it in my life. I deal with enough social media I don't need anymore in my life.

 

[PillarEN]

I don't think people in my social group use it that much so I don't use it either.

 

[Gnome Scat]

It's fun I guess.

 

[Arkeband]

It's something teenagers use.

On one hand it's smart because the photos are intended to be temporary so you're not cataloging your entire life over the Internet, on the other hand it's not guaranteed to be temporary between people taking screenshots or hackings.

 

[GamerJM]

I don't get it. I don't have any friends so I don't really understand the appeal of things like this. My sister seems to love it.

 

[jesu]

What is it?

 

[Voidance]

I don't use it and I don't see the draw. Like many have already mentioned, I don't think I'm the target market.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

It's the primary method of communication with most of my friends. I'm for it.

 

[dity]

I think it can be quite fun but I deleted the app after I realised I hadn't used it for a while because I keep in touch with people via other means and it basically iust became recaps of studf happening during that conversation lol.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

 

[Myriadis]

I don't think that any of my friends actually use it, at least I haven't seen anyone of them using it.
Honestly, I don't really see the appeal behind this, what are the advantages with snapchat over other chat programs like Whatsapp or Facebook messenger?

 

[Persona7]

I like it but I don't use it much because other social media apps are used more often.

 

[backflip10019]

It's great for sending truly dumb shit to friends.

 

[FZZ]

I've accidentally sent a dick pic to my close friend once

It's great

 

[shadowsdarknes]

I love it.

I get to share dumb moments that I normally wouldn't deem to be social media worthy.
And the sillier stuff goes on there and it goes away after 24 hours.

 

[ameratsu]

It's a low effort, entertaining platform for sharing photos and videos.

Plus i like getting boob pics

 

[v1lla21]

I don't snap people back I just look at stories. It's a fun app to use when you want to snap something funny or random but don't want to post on instagram or fb/twitter

 

[TWrecks310]

It's where you get the nudes.

There's also a bunch of people just casually sucking dick on their timeline, it's hilarious

 

[ShowDog]

Seems pointless for me but I'm old and married. I can see the appeal for a digital conversation to be in the moment and undocumented for later use, like, ya know, a real conversation between two people in the flesh. Especially if it's someone you don't know especially well that you want to be candid with, which young people tend to be as they grow to understand themselves and each other. So I think I get it.

 

[liliththepale]

I prefer text messaging myself but half of my friends are crazy about the app, so I would be missing out on conversations, jokes and happenings with them if I stopped using SnapChat. It's not bad, though it's definitely pretty frivolous.

 

[Shmuppers]

how else would I get my nudes?

 

[theecakee]

It's good on some occasions but I don't like holding conversations in it. I'd rather just text. Stories are cool though.

I'm 21, a lot of people I know use it. They'll send me stuff, and I'm just like....I don't know how to respond to this but I don't want to be rude lol.

 

[Pankratous]

I spoke to a parent of a 12 year old the other day and he said he had checked his sons phone and it was full of naked pictures girls (also 11/12) had sent him.

Snapchat is cool but it's a bit eerie how easy it is for that to happen now.

 

[TheBowen]

Great. But then again i am the age demographic (19)

 

[Solideliquid]

Does it use a monstrous amount of data?