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I think SC wants to appeal to young people. Young people don't want their parents around. So SC needs to find a way to discourage older folks while not appearin

I think SC wants to appeal to young people. Young people don't want their parents around. So SC needs to find a way to discourage older folks while not appearing outright hostile. Solution? Create a somewhat frustrating user experience. For Some reason, younger people will tolerate that and older folks won't, thus you skew your demographics the direction you want. It's not that the app is impossible to figure out, it's just that it has a lot of unnecessary friction. Another way of saying this is: Adults care more about good UI/UX than younger folks. I realize there are a lot of assumptions in my argument here, but it is my best reasoning out of the situation.

imglorp 9y ago
> Adults care more about good UI/UX than younger folks. I was thinking the opposite, almost. I would propose: kids care more about a fun instant experience (socializing) vs adults caring more about utility (I like this picture, can I zoom and save it?) So it might be the lack of utility that drives the ancients off the site, not the lack of Pretty UI.
- oceanghost 9y ago
  I think that is absolutely true, but I was talking about a different dimension than fun or utility-- which is simply frustration. Things like, the pointless Team Snapchat messages that MUST be watched. The app sending notifications when someone is typing, and then when they send a message. This means for each message I receive, I effectively look at my phone twice. And last but not least, if there's a gap in some not particularly exciting conversation I was having--my 40 year old brain can't remember what the heck we were talking about.