Snapchat was novel because of the ephemeral nature of the messages (and introducing stories). However in the late twenty teens they began focusing of face filte

Snapchat was novel because of the ephemeral nature of the messages (and introducing stories). However in the late twenty teens they began focusing of face filters and introducing cringe ads & news networks which made it unusable for me. Good to see they are still thriving though. Compared to Instagram they have maintained to be an app solely to communicate with friends vs. Instagram's philosophy of a feed of edited photos that can cause you to compare yourself to others.