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I really appreciate that this clickbait and influencer garbage is now separated from snaps and stories of my contacts. I don't get why this would make the app l

by vetm 9y ago

I really appreciate that this clickbait and influencer garbage is now separated from snaps and stories of my contacts. I don't get why this would make the app less usable. Snapchat was never an app with great UX but I think the new update is a great improvement.

dkersten 9y ago
Yeah, and Chrissie Teigen‘s followers were never her friends, no matter what marketing BS she wishes to spin. I don’t much like snapchat (before or after), especially when people send textual messages (conversations are frustrating because I keep forgetting what’s being replied to), but have it because a few friends send me cool stuff on it and nowhere else... but this separation is a good thing. Blending commercial garbage with my friends stuff was always dumb.
rovek 9y ago
My main dislike is that it now uses an algorithm to populate my "friends" section, hiding arbitrary friends from me. I have no confidence that I can see all my friends' stories because of the exceptionally poor UX. On top of this, Snapchat has decided that people I connect with who don't connect with me are as valueless as random adverts and "influencers". I now have no way of consuming stories from people I find interesting without scrolling endlessly through ads and clickbait. Obviously this is by design but it is some of the most user-hostile UX I have encountered.
lazulicurio 9y ago
I like separating the influencer stuff from my contacts, but I dislike how they combined snaps and stories. My main issues: 1) not being able to see which friends have stories without clicking on each of them individually; I know you get notifications about new stories, but if you want to re-watch a story later it's a huge pain. 2) sorting friends "algorithmically" instead of chronologically; the sort isn't stable which makes it harder to track mentally. If they must have a fancy algorithm somewhere, I'd much prefer if they used it for the recommended "send to" list for a standalone snap (the reverse of the behavior present in the new update).
Dasyntex 9y ago
Because you're an idiot. People don't want influencer content in the first place. And people want their personal communication separated from what is posted in public. This was the whole point, it's what made it great, how it separated the private from the public so efficiently.
- bmelton 9y ago
  I downvoted you for being arbitrarily rude. From the guidelines[1]. You're new here, so I feel it's worth pointing out that sort of incivility isn't generally accepted here. > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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jehlakj 9y ago
As someone who uses both private snaps and stories equally, I think the update is a mess. It’s like having an inbox that includes a bunch of newsfeed that should be in its own public space. Although not ideal, the previous version does it better by putting public stories together with publishers. Now that they have a totally separate page for popular stories and publishers (also adding the fact that it’s immensely annoying to scroll down huge images and headlines to find decent content), I’m discouraged to even swipe to that screen.

by vetm 9y ago

dkersten 9y ago

Yeah, and Chrissie Teigen‘s followers were never her friends, no matter what marketing BS she wishes to spin. I don’t much like snapchat (before or after), especially when people send textual messages (conversations are frustrating because I keep forgetting what’s being replied to), but have it because a few friends send me cool stuff on it and nowhere else... but this separation is a good thing. Blending commercial garbage with my friends stuff was always dumb.

rovek 9y ago

My main dislike is that it now uses an algorithm to populate my "friends" section, hiding arbitrary friends from me. I have no confidence that I can see all my friends' stories because of the exceptionally poor UX. On top of this, Snapchat has decided that people I connect with who don't connect with me are as valueless as random adverts and "influencers". I now have no way of consuming stories from people I find interesting without scrolling endlessly through ads and clickbait. Obviously this is by design but it is some of the most user-hostile UX I have encountered.

lazulicurio 9y ago

I like separating the influencer stuff from my contacts, but I dislike how they combined snaps and stories. My main issues: 1) not being able to see which friends have stories without clicking on each of them individually; I know you get notifications about new stories, but if you want to re-watch a story later it's a huge pain. 2) sorting friends "algorithmically" instead of chronologically; the sort isn't stable which makes it harder to track mentally. If they must have a fancy algorithm somewhere, I'd much prefer if they used it for the recommended "send to" list for a standalone snap (the reverse of the behavior present in the new update).

Dasyntex 9y ago

Because you're an idiot. People don't want influencer content in the first place. And people want their personal communication separated from what is posted in public. This was the whole point, it's what made it great, how it separated the private from the public so efficiently.

bmelton 9y ago
I downvoted you for being arbitrarily rude. From the guidelines[1]. You're new here, so I feel it's worth pointing out that sort of incivility isn't generally accepted here. > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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jehlakj 9y ago

As someone who uses both private snaps and stories equally, I think the update is a mess. It’s like having an inbox that includes a bunch of newsfeed that should be in its own public space. Although not ideal, the previous version does it better by putting public stories together with publishers. Now that they have a totally separate page for popular stories and publishers (also adding the fact that it’s immensely annoying to scroll down huge images and headlines to find decent content), I’m discouraged to even swipe to that screen.