Photo by imore.com By Kendall Baldwin
Staff Reporter Is Snapchat something you use in your daily life? If it isn’t, why? Some people think that Snapchat is damaging our relationships, but many disagree. Snapchat was created in September 2011 by a group of guys named Evan Spiegel,Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. The three of them went to Stanford together, and ended up creating this clever app that allows users to take pictures and videos and send them to people. These videos and photos and can only be viewed for up to ten seconds. The person who is sending the picture or video can decide how long they want their friend to view it; from one to ten seconds. Many people are worried about one of Snapchat’s new updated features known as “replay”. This feature allows the user to look at a photo or video sent to them multiple times. Each time uses a replay. Snapchat comes with a replay, but once you use it you have to pay to get more. Of course you don’t have to buy replays if you don’t want to, but some people choose to. Snaps can also be screenshotted, so be warned- if you are sending a personal snap, be careful because someone with the click of a button can screen shot you image. That being said, if someone screenshots one of your snaps, you get a notification that tells you who screenshotted your snap. Although this seems like a bad app now that this fact has come up, it isn’t if it is used safely and properly. Currently, it is said that 26-30 million people in the U.S. have snapchat, and 400 million snaps are sent each day by the 100 million users on the app daily. So many people enjoy using this app because of the creative makers of this incredible app. Evan Spiegel says “We don’t want to control people’s photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest.”, and “It’s important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.” If you are a happy Snapchat user, hopefully you are being “thoughtful” and “mindful” and safe while using this revolutionary app. Comments are closed.
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