Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by toomanybeersies 3113 days ago
I presume you mean Snapchat stories?

In that case, it's a bit different. Snapchat (and Instagram) stories are a gallery of photos and videos that you upload, where the photos and videos are removed from the gallery after 24 hours. Essentially giving you a rolling 24 hour window into peoples lives.

I've become a big fan of instagram stories as a way of keeping up with what my friends are doing, since I've moved overseas. It feels a lot more appropriate than using something like a Facebook status to share what you're doing.

1 comments

> gallery of photos and videos that you upload, where the photos and videos are removed from the gallery after 24 hours

Ugh, really? That sounds like a lot of work. Pass.

Basically if you see something cool, you take a snap.

Usually when I take a photo, I say "neat!", so I feel like Bender in Futurama (https://gph.is/1LilXnT)

Anyway, my point is they've made it quite seamless. Pull out phone, swipe for camera, maybe type some text, and hit the upload key.