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Face filters are also pretty fun and Snapchat was the first to do that.

• hamandcheese 9y ago
  Agreed, but that can also be replicated, whereas most platforms would be very hesitant to switch to disappearing messages by default. I think this is a (if not the) key differentiator. If you couldn't tell, I'm big on snapchat as a messaging platform, not as a social platform.
  • adjkant 9y ago
    > "I'm big on snapchat as a messaging platform, not as a social platform." As a user, I think this is why most people fail to understand it or use it. Even if one has friends on Snapchat, if you go in trying to use it as social media you're going to be confused. It's a personal messaging app that happens to have some small social aspects, a map that I occasionally use so I can see where people are, and publisher content when I'm looking to kill a few minutes here and there. But 90% of my time is spent messaging people with pictures / chats, and groups are amazing.