[BinaryIdiot]

While I agree with you to be funny the truth is Snapchat is the new, hip way many youngsters are communicating. Many celebrities and personalities are gaining huge followings on it and even generating revenue based on their audience.

Look at Gary Vee or really half the VCs / angels in silicon valley. They're all on it. It's huge!

[sotojuan]

The "Snapchat is for nudes!!!" joke is really an outsider thing. It really isn't used for those kinds of pics much more than text or even Facebook. Either way people will screenshot so it's the same as those two.

[alttab]

An "outsider" thing? I've used it quite extensively and understand its nuanced differences from other offerings. That said, its a fancy messenger app that is a huge battery hog, and crashes and lags constantly. It's not really deviating from the image that it's built by frat-boys.

One thing I do admire about it is that it deletes the content. This allows me to be more "free" and take shitty pictures of myself just to utilize the fun parts (videos, stories, object tracking / emojis, and lenses).

But in the end, I find myself wanting to create content I'd want to share with my Facebook network. Sure, it's ephemeral nature allows me to communicate freely with closer friends than on Facebook, and in a more immediate sense, but I don't see how this is any different than any other messaging app with fancy "message format" features.

Except it deletes content. It feeds into the insecurities of today's youth, and shelters them from consequences of their own actions. Of course it would spread like wild fire. It's the safe space that college students thought Facebook was before people realized everything stuck around forever.

So outside of the funny lenses and stories, the main attraction is deleting content. So either your insecure, or you're sending dick pics.

I expect to be outspoken about this, but its simply my take. If you disagree, you can respect my opinion by not down voting me for it.

[BinaryIdiot]

Honestly I agree with most of your opinion. I do disagree however with this portion:

> So either your insecure, or you're sending dick pics.

While deleting is a big draw I think you're presenting a false choice. Deleting content creates scarcity and a more live experience. Granted it's artificial and to me it's frustrating because I like to keep all content I create, even if it sucks.

I think that coupled with the lack of discoverablity creates more intiment experiences and people are eating it up regardless of the app problems.