SnapChat is all the rage. My research says that it’s the 3rd most popular social App among 18 – 34 year olds.
Who the heck did they survey? My 14-year old and all of her friends are on it all of the time!
SnapChat is a photo messaging App – so it’s like texting with images. You can take a photo or video, add a caption or doodle and send it to a friend.
What makes SnapChat unique is that the messages (and the photos) can only be viewed for 10 seconds and then it disappears!
Yup, it really vanishes – – you can’t get it back. At least that’s what they tell you but I still don’t trust it. Someone will figure out a hack to get the images back, if they haven’t already. So I remind you: Don’t EVER do or say anything you’re not willing to get busted for.
Sounds fun? Could be. But I worry about what images and messages you’re sending that you want to disappear in 10 seconds.
I’m sure the great proportion of SnapChat users are just having goofy fun with their friends and I hate to be a Negative Nelly but it looks like a good way to hide bullying.
Sending abusive images and messages that disappear in 10 seconds – – perfect!
It is a problem that SnapChat is aware of but they can only monitor so much. It comes down to the user (or the user’s parent) to ensure that the privacy settings are set and you’re only connecting with friends.
Sexting is also a popular use for SnapChat. There are, in fact, a ton of forums devoted to this “hobby”. FYI, I only know this because I Googled it for research.
If you want to know more about SnapChat, you can Google it. To me, it just looks like a lot of work and since I am neither 18 or 34 years old, it’s not likely an App I’m going to be using.
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