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Funny, in my group of friends (for context 21-24 year olds, NZ) snapchat is used far more than Instagram. The primary appeal of snapchat is we can very easily
by __alias 8y ago
Funny, in my group of friends (for context 21-24 year olds, NZ) snapchat is used far more than Instagram.
The primary appeal of snapchat is we can very easily send disposable ugly unfiltered often funny vids/images to groups of people. Where as Instagram is more of a social media and is just used for casual content consumption onl
- hart_russell 8y agoMy 20 something friend group has been consistent with snapchat since ~2013
- kbenson 8y agoI suspect that unless forced to migrate, or really nasty stuff comes to light, most people will use what they are used to, with the people that are used to doing it with. If a group stabilized on a platform and knows everyone has it and those people and be reached and expect to be reached on it by them, why change? Who wants to be the "hey, let's all just switch to some random new thing" person after you're old enough to be too busy to see most the people all at the same time in real like that often anyways?
- chillacy 8y agoMy cohort of late 20s kids switched to insta now that it has stories and disappearing chat too
- dorchadas 8y agoSeriously. My friends use it a lot, but even more of my students do. It's rare to find a student who doesn't try to spend the day just snapping candid pictures of others... It's a mess and a half, but they're all over it. Don't see it dying out with that age group anytime soon.