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humanodon  ·  3781 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Understanding Snapchat: A Journey That Left Me Feeling Out of Touch

It's interesting that you wrote about and ended with "value". I have not used it, mostly because when I heard about it last year, my 16 year old niece was the one using it. She of course, gave me that teenager look. That one I used to shoot at people so often. The one that goes, "Ugh. You are old."

Anyway, value is interesting. Now, I have just said that I don't use the thing or even know much about it, but the demographic seems to be primarily teenagers and some people in their 20's (correct me if I'm wrong). What's more appealing to that demographic than giving the finger to The Man (or whatever the fuck they call that concept now)? This is pure speculation, but might it be possible, given the ephemeral nature of what the app does and apps in general, that the creators are trying to create greater value for their product?

Yeah, if I were offered 3 billion I would take it in an instant.