I don't have any data, but from everything I've observed the "sexting" aspect of Snapchat is wildly overblown. Most people just use it for goofy little communication between friends.
I guess people keep bring it up because they think it's funny or think it makes them seem cynical, but it would be a mistake to think Snapchat is primarily used for sexting.
I would disagree from the reddit threads revolving around snapchat and nude pictures and 4chan threads. I would think its a mistake to think its not used primarily for sexting.
I don't have any data either but I think comments like op above are really trying to legitimize a sexting app. Lets take the recent Tumblr acquisition. Most tumblr blogs involved porn although they were able to legitimize is it as a better blogging service.
no but they are representative of their primary demographic. Your personal experience means a lot less than the two biggest sites used by snapchat's target demographic.
how is it unsubstantiated ? reddit has subteddits dedicated to sharing snapchats you can see subscriber numbers
4 Chan is a little harder to measure but the fact the threats are brought up several times a day days a lot
Although it would be unethical for the Snapchat folks to do a statistical sample to find out, I'd estimate that sexting is no more than 1% of Snapchat, probably more like 0.1% or 0.01%.
This seems like the type of video I'd expect in a response on Reddit. That is, it's a response that's trying to be funny (or link something funny) rather than continue the conversation at hand.
I was really hoping it would be a link providing evidence to one side (Snapchat is primarily sexting) or the other side (only a small % of snapchat usage is sexting).
I guess people keep bring it up because they think it's funny or think it makes them seem cynical, but it would be a mistake to think Snapchat is primarily used for sexting.