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[GrizzNKev]

The correct way to use snapchat is to only put things on your story, and obsessively check who has looked at your dumb pictures and videos. That way you know which of your friends actually like you.

 

[Valhelm]

Snapchat is great, and probably the most innocent way to chat with somebody who isn't yet willing to disclose their number

 

[Lego Boss]

Use it for dick pics and cobras.

Anything other than that and it's fucking futile.

 

[Neidii]

I barely know what it is tbh, feels like everyone uses it. Facebook and Instagram is enough for me

 

[MarkusRJR]

A lot of my friends use it and I see the appeal, but I don't use it. My friends all use it to just send selfies to friends. It's so self-important. Like, if you were dating I could understand it, but who the fuck wants 20 pictures of your face throughout the day?

Maybe it's just my friends though. If people sent funny/cute things they see instead of just selfies I'd probably use it a lot.

 

[GrizzNKev]

A lot of my friends use it and I see the appeal, but I don't use it. My friends all use it to just send selfies to friends. It's so self-important. Like, if you were dating I could understand it, but who the fuck wants 20 pictures of your face throughout the day?

Maybe it's just my friends though. If people sent funny/cute things they see instead of just selfies I'd probably use it a lot.

They're doing it wrong. Social media should be used for comedy. Make better friends

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

I barely know what it is tbh, feels like everyone uses it. Facebook and Instagram is enough for me

Same.


Looks likes another useless social network to me.

 

[Ray Wonder]

I snap atleast daily. Best app

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Use it for dick pics and cobras.

Anything other than that and it's fucking futile.

...Cobras?

 

[Savitar]

Far as I know this is how things go according to what I've seen and heard:

Snapcat: Used for pictures, silliness, drunk shit, updates, kinda the new Facebook

Kik: Penises and boobs

Tinder: Wanna fuck?

 

[Jzero]

The girl i'm talking to uses it a lot so i started using it more. It's a good way to post random unpolished photos that you wouldn't post on Instagram.

 

[John Kowalski]

By taking pictures and sending them to people with captions m8.

But what % of nudity?

 

[m_shortpants]

I use it. With the SO.

🍆🍒😉

 

[Watevaman]

Never used it but some of my friends do. I think I'm in the top of the target demo (25) but who knows. My 13 year old niece uses it I think but I don't know what for. I'm not exactly sure what it does.

 

[The Artisan]

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

my cousin is about your age and he uses it a little bit. he refers to the people that use it regularly as "kids" even though i'm 25.

 

[Azerare]

my cousin is about your age and he uses it a little bit. he refers to the people that use it regularly as "kids" even though i'm 25.

That's perfectly fine, some entertaining stuff can be found on snapchat. Just don't flip out on your cousin one day and call him a "fogey".

 

[The Artisan]

That's perfectly fine, some entertaining stuff can be found on snapchat. Just don't flip out on your cousin one day and call him a "fogey".

A what? Lol

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

It's how I talk to and see my girlfriend when we're apart. Texts only happen when it's something important that needs detail or a faster response.

 

[nintendork666]

I like to make stories.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

It's the new Facebook. Most kids will grow up using it compared to Facebook.

This, too.

I feel like our current "permanent" social media usuals are going to get pushed out by these new services that make more sense, and on and on the cycle goes.

 

[NewFresh]

great for causally sending dumb pictures that aren't worth saving.

Use it with most of my friends, and wife.

 

[LionPride]

I'm in high school. It gets a lot of use.

 

[BashNasty]

Yea, I use snapchat a bunch, it's a great way to have fun, stay I touch with people and be social.

I'm 31.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I think it's a thing I've never used. What's the icon meant to be?

 

[SolVanderlyn]

No opinions either way.

 

[John Kowalski]

I think it's a thing I've never used. What's the icon meant to be?

A ghost, because didn't it use to erase all photos after a set time or something? And then someone figured out they weren't actually erasing them.

So the photos came back to haunt the users!

 

[eosos]

Use it all the time.

 

[Rainy]

Me and my friends use it a lot. It's fun.

 

[UberLevi]

Snapchat is probably my most frequently used app on my phone. I send several daily and it's really fun.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Out of all those popular social media apps I think it's by far the best.

 

[Van]

Hate it
cause no one snaps me back

 

[Choomp]

It's pretty stupid. I tried getting into it but all my friends are pretty insufferable on it, I really hate how everything is becoming about vanity these days and people feel the need to know everything that's going on in other people's lives. However, I find the discover tool is kind of a cool thing for bigger companies when there's big name people on it

 

[DrSlek]

I had the app installed for a few months. Never used it.

 

[bchamba]

I'm hilarious on it

 

[ascii42]

I'm 29, I think I've gotten a couple things on it. Not sure if I've ever sent anything on it. Not really sure what I'm supposed to do. Generally if I want to send a picture I send it over text or Facebook messenger.

 

[Ken K in the Fresh!!!]

Worth it for the dumb filters alone

Yup. And I'm 33 :/

 

[neurosyphilis]

I'm sick of these "females" with the dog filter.

 

[Glass Shark]

I've installed it a few times and poked around, but the interface is really confusing to me. Also, none of my friends use it so it's pretty pointless for my particular case.

 

[Anth0ny]

I use it quite a bit. i'm 23.

 

[Polioliolio]

I'm 30 and prefer my phone to have buttons. I think I know what it is but I try to pretend it's some annoying young person's thing.

 

[Kobe24]

It's great and SC: Masteredjedi

Lmao

 

[MaybeBurger]

Does it use a monstrous amount of data?

went over my 10gb limit this month as I started using it. Now only posting and not looking at the feeds.

 

[sora87]

It's cool to follow porn stars on

 

[Ben Morales]

I love it. I'm in my late twenties and use it daily. Tons of my friends do too. Also, I follow some cool celebrities. I also hear following porn stars can be fun but I haven't tested that yet.

I love following celebs on it. I'm following Ashley Benson, Jared Leto, and a few others. All have interesting/funny feeds.

Spoiler

Remy LaCroix and Megan Rain's feeds are fantastic.

 

[Subpar Scrub]

I used to use it, but it slowly turned from "check out this cool thing" into snapchatting nothing but videos of people clubbing, memes and other stuff I try to avoid on social media.

Shame, really. I liked it.

 

[True Savior]

Haha very true. Terrible UI imo, but i think it also goes to show how the current youth generation is so used to having no buttons/visual layout... Its all just swipes and taps without a button, digital or physical. Either way once you learn t its not too bad. Just gotta adapt to the times or be old, stop progressing, and wither away as a stone age grandpa. Because things inthe future wont be getting any easier

To be fair, the tutorial is a sack of shit. Naturally when I return to the app I forgot everything. We're at a point with the swipes and taps that browsing an app just isn't very intuitive.

There should be an button for 25+ and it would transform the ui with action-buttons.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i don't really know what it is. from what i understand you take pictures (and write a bit of text on it?) then send it and the other person only has so long to look at it before it's deleted. i guess maybe young people use it to take inappropriate photos because they know it's only temporary. i don't know.

personally, i don't understand the appeal of it. if i want to look at someone when i talk to them i'll use a video chat (skype, hangouts, facetime). if i want to look at pictures people take then i'll follow them on twitter or instagram.

 

[Monocle]

I don't really use it, but I can see how it would be great if you have the right sort of friends or family. I know people who use Snapchat as a daily diary or scrapbook, recording what they're up to and staying in touch with their social circle.

 

[DeadRockstar]

I don't use it personally but some of my friends are great at building stories that are entertaining to follow, so I'd say it has value.

 

[Shaanyboi]

I have zero need for it. I'm 26.