Can someone please explain Snapchat and its appeal to me?

[Kaylore]

It's perfect because if anyone ever asks if you sent them, you can say even under oath "no it was that a-hole behind me".

[DENVERDUI55]

Setting is pretty much it. As others said they might not be saved to your phone but they are saved somewhere.

[UltimateHoboW/Shotgun]

Everything is saved somewhere. Except IRS emails. . I use snap chat and I'm 38.

[HILife]

It's basically a way to send photos/videos/texts that automatically delete themselves after they've been viewed once, or replayed once (you can usually see something a total of 2 times for a maximum of 10 seconds)

Literally, you will not be able to see something again after viewing it.

Unless you take a picture of your phone with your camera.

[Heyneck]

Brett Favre will love using it! Heck, he is probably using it right now!

[KCStud]

One word.


Tinder.

It will absolutely get you laid. As well as send you into lustful affairs if youre married/or have a gf.

It sure will. That app was made for people 18-35.

[gunns]

I need to change the title of my thread. I'm looking for someone to explain it to me...

I can't explain it because I don't understand it either. Your conversation sounds like mine with my daughter. I still don't get it but the kids love it and even my 2 year old granddaughter does it. It's funny, the older you get you lose touch with the latest trends. And a lot of it's because you don't understand the appeal, the purpose, or what it's taken the place of. I'm fine with that.

[extralife]

FWIW, most of the people I know, all young, don't use it for sexting. Some of you are going to say "SURRRREEEE" but the data and reporting seems to suggest that isn't what it's for. So I'm trying to wrap my head around the appeal of sending non-permanent pictures outside of practical benefits like saved storage. Obviously sexting is one appeal, but since snap chat is mostly not used that way, I want to understand why it's growing. What's the advantage?

it is growing because it is already fairly large. once something hits a certain point, it will arbitrarily take off. snapchat was obviously designed for and originally used for any number of purposes involving boobs and/or cheating. because boobs are a pretty reliable way to gain someone's attention, because the narcicissm of sending people pictures of yourself is already A Thing, and because this mitigates the risks, it got big enough to hit the arbitrary border. and so there you go.

[El Guapo]

Everyone keeps saying these are stored somewhere, which is why you need to use Mark Cubans version. Supposedly (supposedly) it completely erases all traces from the interwebs and servers after sent.

...Described as “WhatsApp meets Snapchat,” texts sent via Cyber Dust automatically disappear 24 seconds after being read. Importantly, these messages cannot be traced and are not stored anywhere – not even on Cyber Dust’s servers – assuring all users a high level of privacy and security...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maseenaz...-over-texting/

[Fedaykin]

Can someone explain Snapchat to me? My brother in law, who is 17, was explaining "you can send pictures to each other!" "Like a text?" I asked. "Yeah, except you don't save them!" "Why would I want that?" "It's cool! And they're going to do video now!" "Like Skype or Facetime?" I asked. "Yeah but it's cooler."

I have been able to understand and appreciate a lot of the social media and apps they have for keeping people connected, but this one seems redundant to me. Can someone help me understand what it does and what the appeal of this seemingly redundant tech fad is?

#Getoffmylawn

'safe sexting'

but it's also a nice user experience of sending a photo without the ahssle of an intermediary and without having to worry about having crap strewn about your various mobile devices. Not much value to 99.99% of photos taken because of the ubiquity of cameras these days. Certainly wouldn't want to store them forever.

[Dr. Broncenstein]

Everyone keeps saying these are stored somewhere, which is why you need to use Mark Cubans version. Supposedly (supposedly) it completely erases all traces from the interwebs and servers after sent.

Except for the part where all data flows through the NSA filter before going to point B.

[theAPAOps5]

Snap dickpick
Send dickpick
View dickpick
Poof dickpick

Snap cootchie pick
Send cootchie pick
View cootchie pick
Poof cootchie pick

Safe sexting made possible by the makers of snapchat

[theAPAOps5]

Unless you take a picture of your phone with your camera.

They also updated the app to tell the person it was screenshot. I saw a special on it on one of those 20/20 shows.

[fdf]

FWIW, most of the people I know, all young, don't use it for sexting. Some of you are going to say "SURRRREEEE" but the data and reporting seems to suggest that isn't what it's for. So I'm trying to wrap my head around the appeal of sending non-permanent pictures outside of practical benefits like saved storage. Obviously sexting is one appeal, but since snap chat is mostly not used that way, I want to understand why it's growing. What's the advantage?

Just a guess. But your parents wouldn't be able to read your texts.

[Meck77]

Real handy if you have multiple wives.