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My teenagers use Snapchat regularly, and Snap Maps seem to be the "killer app" for them. It allows them to see which of their friends are around when they trav

My teenagers use Snapchat regularly, and Snap Maps seem to be the "killer app" for them. It allows them to see which of their friends are around when they travel or are out and about on the weekends.

vmception 4y ago
I guess thats nice because its cross platform. But do they also use iOS' built in Find My app?
- edaemon 4y ago
  I think what those groups like about Snap Maps is that it can show not only where your friends are but what they're doing. Imagine if you were having drinks at a bar and a friend posted a snap of them doing the same just a few blocks away -- I'd reach out to meet up with them.
  - vmception 4y ago
    yeah I like that aspect of Snap Maps too but it lacked usefulness when everyone stopped using it no matter how densely populated the area was or where my friends are. I'm glad to know people are using it again and posting relevant snaps. Protip: for those not looking for their own friends specifically, you can/could use snapmaps without a snapchat account, just in your browser and see the feed of whats happening in the heatmap.
12907835202 4y ago
Having this on Instagram would be awesome. Instead of a feed of stories in an order being able to see thumbnails of stories over a map and clicking around the map would be far more engaging for me. It would also help me alot as a digital nomad/traveller as it would very quickly let me know which friends are in which cities/countries, as opposed to just the same street as others have suggested. Similarly if you want to know what XXX bar or street is like right now you could see public stories from there. Just landed in a city? Browse the Instagram map to get an idea which streets are party to visit/avoid or see random pics of food and think fuck let's go there. I wonder if this is possible via the API?
- bryan_w 4y ago
  In Instagram's search interface, you can search for a place and see stories with that place tagged
  - Infinitesimus 4y ago
    I think it's more about the UX. I don't actively use either platform but the experience of asking "I wonder where my friends are", going to a map and going "huh, I guess I know someone currently in XYZ place" is pretty different from having to search for a place.

My teenagers use Snapchat regularly, and Snap Maps seem to be the "killer app" for them. It allows them to see which of their friends are around when they travel or are out and about on the weekends.

vmception 4y ago

I guess thats nice because its cross platform. But do they also use iOS' built in Find My app?

edaemon 4y ago
I think what those groups like about Snap Maps is that it can show not only where your friends are but what they're doing. Imagine if you were having drinks at a bar and a friend posted a snap of them doing the same just a few blocks away -- I'd reach out to meet up with them.
- vmception 4y ago
  yeah I like that aspect of Snap Maps too but it lacked usefulness when everyone stopped using it no matter how densely populated the area was or where my friends are. I'm glad to know people are using it again and posting relevant snaps. Protip: for those not looking for their own friends specifically, you can/could use snapmaps without a snapchat account, just in your browser and see the feed of whats happening in the heatmap.

12907835202 4y ago

Having this on Instagram would be awesome. Instead of a feed of stories in an order being able to see thumbnails of stories over a map and clicking around the map would be far more engaging for me. It would also help me alot as a digital nomad/traveller as it would very quickly let me know which friends are in which cities/countries, as opposed to just the same street as others have suggested. Similarly if you want to know what XXX bar or street is like right now you could see public stories from there. Just landed in a city? Browse the Instagram map to get an idea which streets are party to visit/avoid or see random pics of food and think fuck let's go there. I wonder if this is possible via the API?

bryan_w 4y ago
In Instagram's search interface, you can search for a place and see stories with that place tagged
- Infinitesimus 4y ago
  I think it's more about the UX. I don't actively use either platform but the experience of asking "I wonder where my friends are", going to a map and going "huh, I guess I know someone currently in XYZ place" is pretty different from having to search for a place.