[cantbecool]

Nice it will be in between the Kardashian fit booty and what to do when he cheats stories. Snapchat is a wasteland.

[jonursenbach]

It might not be your kind of thing, but a lot of people get value out of Snapchat. There's no reason to shove your nose at it like you are doing here.

[rubatuga]

People use Snapchat for many reasons, sponsored stories are just one of many.

[skciva]

Its definitely not for substantial news.

[zjaffee]

You can watch snapchat stories from the NYTimes, The Economist, WSJ, in addition to a whole bunch of other sophisticated serious media organizations. Often times the articles they publish on their stories, are just more interactive versions of the articles they published on their website with the text being the same.

The thing is, tabloids are just more popular than sophisticated news. People are more interested in buzzfeed or mashable or people magazine than they are with politics.

[komali2]

By your definition of substantial.

We can try to argue about the definition of "substantial" if you want, but in the end, the fact is that I can find you ten thousand young teens that don't give a fuck about politics and do give many fucks about a Kardashian booty transplant.

[bogomipz]

I think its pretty clear and universal what "news of substance" means in the context of news journalism. In fact most newspapers have a separate section for entertainment for this reason.

Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial."

[komali2]

>Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial."

At least I never resorted to personal attack.

[bogomipz]

I didn't attack you personally, I commented on the content of your comment.

[Nanite]

True, but it's in Snap's interest that they use it in ways they can capitalize on.

[malchow]

Yes, and I read a very invigorating explication of Spinoza on Facebook this morning.