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>Snapchat helped teens avoid creating a permanent record of things. Why isn't Snapchat more popular than Instagram? I assumed that it was the case that more pe

• adiabatty 9y ago
  Instagram has auto-deleting photo streams now, I hear.
• sharno 9y ago
  Instagram became more famous because it had the same feature of self deleting posts with a user base. Also people would rather use 1 app for doing everything (posting permanent posts or temporary ones) rather than use many apps. That's why WeChat is became huge too
• odammit 9y ago
  Not to be old, but I had many friends get into Snapchat for a hot minute. My wife and I never did. Instagram let us share photos. Snapchat seemed like just gimmicky cat ears and showboating. The platform very much feels like "look at me" not "hey I had this cool experience and I want to share it." Full disclosure: I bought a bunch of snapchat stock at the bottom because I fully invest in the self-centeredness of humankind. Worked great w/ FB.
• rovek 9y ago
  From a user perspective, validated only by other engineer-friends, Snapchat is a pretty sketchy app. The UX diverges from common design principles of both major mobile OS, making it feel awkward. The app slaughters batteries in Android phones, occasionally you can actually watch the % drop. That's not to say it isn't popular, wildly so in younger users, Instagram just has more ad value because of its maturity (reportable metrics) and unbridled desire to be an ad platform.