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The main difference here is that you can set messages to expire after a certain time interval - a feature that became massively popular with SnapChat.
by rjvir 14y ago
The main difference here is that you can set messages to expire after a certain time interval - a feature that became massively popular with SnapChat.
- kamjam 14y agoSo happens if the user you sent the message to hasn't seen it within that timeframe? (since FB does offline message)
- RandallBrown 14y agoThe timeout doesn't start until the user sees the message (at least that's how Snapchat works)
- duaneb 14y agoWhat is the purpose of that? i can't think of a single use aside from, say, sexting.
- cmelbye 14y agoIt's for fun, obviously, not everything has to have a utilitarian purpose... People take compromising photos, make ugly faces, etc., with the knowledge that the photo will only be seen for 3 seconds.
- dysoco 14y agoI think it's still a dumb idea for an app.
- ojilles 14y agoDoes screenshot not work during those times? I'm confused how this would give the sender any comfort at all...
- jlgreco 14y ago50% of the population is on the bottom half of that normal distribution. People are dumb.
- macrael 14y agoThe app detects if you take a screen shot and notifies the sender. So, if someone abuses the trust you have given them in sending them a photo, you know.
- cmelbye 14y agoI'm not sure how this app works, but Snapchat takes certain precautions to make screenshotting more difficult (the most obvious one being that you have to hold your finger on the screen or the image disappears, but I think there are also some technical safeguards as well). And as someone else pointed out, it tells the sender if the receiver screenshotted, which allows you to in formally determine whether or not you trust this person in the future.
- cdcarter 14y agoSexting is a pretty big use, to be painfully honest.
- jbverschoor 14y agoLike snapchat, it's not for sexting But snapchat is hugely popular. I think it's a good move to copy snapchat, as it gives fb users a way to be "sure" they don't leave any crappy content online