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I would say Snapchat is more similar to Twitter than it is to Google or to Facebook. Question is, what is there to incentivize a user to stay on the platform fo

by QML 9y ago

I would say Snapchat is more similar to Twitter than it is to Google or to Facebook. Question is, what is there to incentivize a user to stay on the platform for a couple extra of minutes? I personally have no clue why Snapchat the company is so large — does it really need that many engineers or marketers to maintain an app that is essentially a messenger? The failed Spectacles experiment just seems to scream that this is a company with a lot of money and no clue what to do with it.

username223 9y ago
> The failed Spectacles experiment just seems to scream that this is a company with a lot of money and no clue what to do with it. Spectacles look exactly like Google Glass to me, though with a bit less creepy human thumb marketing... http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5179166eeab8ead044000002-480/marc-andreessen-google-glass.jpg http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5179166eeab8ead0440... All of the current surveillance capitalism companies seem to be flailing when it comes to doing anything beyond selling ads.