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> I don't understand why use cases 1 and 2 wouldn't just send a text message picture. Why would you bother with a 3rd party app that erases them? Snapchat has

by v64 10y ago

> I don't understand why use cases 1 and 2 wouldn't just send a text message picture. Why would you bother with a 3rd party app that erases them? Snapchat has more features than sending a simple text. I still use text message pictures when I just want to send a picture. Snapchat lets you caption and draw on photos, which is a big draw. The erasing part of it is a feature too, and not just for nude pics. For example, sometimes I send off color humor to my friends and knowing that the joke's going to go away in 5 seconds makes me less hesitant to send. I don't think my friends themselves are going to screenshot the pics and try to disparage me, but I would feel uncomfortable if I were to email something to them that may accidentally be seen by an SO or parent.

overcast 10y ago
If you're that concerned/uncomfortable about what you're sending then don't send it in the first place. Once it's on the internet, it's there forever. Does Snapchat not have the feature now to save incoming messages for a price? I'll grant you the feature of drawing on pictures though.
- lotso 10y ago
  Here's a question. Why do we need to record everything we do digitally? It's not like we record our conversations when people hang out in person. I'd argue it's stupid that we archive and collect every meaningless conversation we have.
  - overcast 10y ago
    Well, if I take the example from above regarding two people in a relationship. It IS nice, in my experience, to have a running dialogue with pictures available from our relationship. There are plenty of great moments I've received that I would prefer not to just disappear.
    - v64 10y ago
      > There are plenty of great moments I've received that I would prefer not to just disappear. Between my SO and I, for stuff that's more memorable and may want to be saved, we'll use email, but for stuff like "look at this weird sign I saw downtown", we'll use Snapchat. An app is all about its use cases.
      - overcast 10y ago
        That's fair, we just use text message, and keep it in one place. Bouncing between different apps for essentially the same thing isn't something I feel like spending time doing.
    - Vraxx 10y ago
      I also agree with the sibling post on this one, but another line of reasoning is that when texting pictures or other forms of sending, the default option is that the photo is saved. When using snapchat it's the opposite. Screenshotting allows you to keep it if you want, you can replay it if you missed it, but if it's not anything exceedingly special or worth keeping, it is discarded. In todays world I find myself with far more data that I can keep organized, and a lot of it is not of any particular value. Another way of phrasing that argument is that if you look through my snapchat screenshot folder vs the received images from my SO, the snapchat screenshot has a higher density of content worth keeping.
      - overcast 10y ago
        I guess I just hold photos I want to keep at a higher value than a screenshot of an already poorly compressed / altered photo. Whatever works for you!
- v64 10y ago
  > If you're that concerned/uncomfortable about what you're sending then don't send it in the first place I'm not concerned or uncomfortable with the message itself; my concern is that the message goes exclusively to its intended audience. An email or text message can sit around and eventually be viewed on accident or by someone nosy. At least with Snapchat, I have a level of assurance that this possibility is minimized.
- Trundle 10y ago
  That's an unnecessarily black and white perspective. In reality it's "once it's on the internet, it's possibly there forever" and snapchat is a step in the "it wont be" direction. It's entirely possible for someone to be willing to to take that risk. Hell, most of us do it in real life. I say plenty of things I wouldn't necessarily want provided to my mother or employer, and small audio recording devices are cheap. I trust my friends and partners to not save and share unflattering snaps the exact same way I trust them to not record our real life conversations. If you're planning to run for President some time in the future, maybe it's worth it to always act as if the public is watching. I think the rest of us are fine.

by v64 10y ago

overcast 10y ago

If you're that concerned/uncomfortable about what you're sending then don't send it in the first place. Once it's on the internet, it's there forever. Does Snapchat not have the feature now to save incoming messages for a price? I'll grant you the feature of drawing on pictures though.

lotso 10y ago
Here's a question. Why do we need to record everything we do digitally? It's not like we record our conversations when people hang out in person. I'd argue it's stupid that we archive and collect every meaningless conversation we have.
- overcast 10y ago
  Well, if I take the example from above regarding two people in a relationship. It IS nice, in my experience, to have a running dialogue with pictures available from our relationship. There are plenty of great moments I've received that I would prefer not to just disappear.
  - v64 10y ago
    > There are plenty of great moments I've received that I would prefer not to just disappear. Between my SO and I, for stuff that's more memorable and may want to be saved, we'll use email, but for stuff like "look at this weird sign I saw downtown", we'll use Snapchat. An app is all about its use cases.
    - overcast 10y ago
      That's fair, we just use text message, and keep it in one place. Bouncing between different apps for essentially the same thing isn't something I feel like spending time doing.
  - Vraxx 10y ago
    I also agree with the sibling post on this one, but another line of reasoning is that when texting pictures or other forms of sending, the default option is that the photo is saved. When using snapchat it's the opposite. Screenshotting allows you to keep it if you want, you can replay it if you missed it, but if it's not anything exceedingly special or worth keeping, it is discarded. In todays world I find myself with far more data that I can keep organized, and a lot of it is not of any particular value. Another way of phrasing that argument is that if you look through my snapchat screenshot folder vs the received images from my SO, the snapchat screenshot has a higher density of content worth keeping.
    - overcast 10y ago
      I guess I just hold photos I want to keep at a higher value than a screenshot of an already poorly compressed / altered photo. Whatever works for you!
v64 10y ago
> If you're that concerned/uncomfortable about what you're sending then don't send it in the first place I'm not concerned or uncomfortable with the message itself; my concern is that the message goes exclusively to its intended audience. An email or text message can sit around and eventually be viewed on accident or by someone nosy. At least with Snapchat, I have a level of assurance that this possibility is minimized.
Trundle 10y ago
That's an unnecessarily black and white perspective. In reality it's "once it's on the internet, it's possibly there forever" and snapchat is a step in the "it wont be" direction. It's entirely possible for someone to be willing to to take that risk. Hell, most of us do it in real life. I say plenty of things I wouldn't necessarily want provided to my mother or employer, and small audio recording devices are cheap. I trust my friends and partners to not save and share unflattering snaps the exact same way I trust them to not record our real life conversations. If you're planning to run for President some time in the future, maybe it's worth it to always act as if the public is watching. I think the rest of us are fine.