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As part of the audience it's catered to, it absolutely looks ridiculous. The question is, is it useful/interesting/popular/trendy enough to warrant that ridicul
by personjerry 10y ago
As part of the audience it's catered to, it absolutely looks ridiculous. The question is, is it useful/interesting/popular/trendy enough to warrant that ridiculousness? It'll depend on how they market it.
My opinion is that Snapchat is pretty good already, so why would I need this? Hence my analysis is that it would be difficult for Snap to market this product effectively without cannibalizing their existing product, so it's interesting to see whether they will make the queen's gambit.
- wingerlang 10y agoDoes the typical snapchat user hang out on HN? When I think of snapchats core audience I think 18 year olds who are "super social" and care a lot about fashion and "new stuff". Not saying it can't overlap, but still.
- yomly 10y agoYes. To the average person I know who looks at HN, their first reaction is "EW what's wrong with this webpage, it's gross!" this even includes some devs I've met...
- tedmiston 10y agoTheir audience still has tons of 20-somethings [0], and a lot of topics on HN are catered toward startups, which are (like it or not) biased toward 20- and 30-somethings. [0]: http://www.recode.net/2015/3/26/11560724/heres-the-chart-that-explains-why-media-companies-are-obsessed-with http://www.recode.net/2015/3/26/11560724/heres-the-chart-tha...
- wingerlang 10y agoYeah but "20-something" is really not a group, I know LOADS of 20-something people. Many of them use snapchat but none of them use HN.
- triplesec 10y agodoes ironic wearing in the hipster mode work in this case?