Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
by wingerlang on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:44AM
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Does the typical snapchat user hang out on HN? When I think of snapchats core audience I think 18 year olds who are "super social" and care a lot about fashion and "new stuff".
Not saying it can't overlap, but still.
Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
by yomly on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:52AM
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Yes. To the average person I know who looks at HN, their first reaction is "EW what's wrong with this webpage, it's gross!" this even includes some devs I've met...
Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
by tedmiston on Saturday September 24, 2016 @12:21PM
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Their audience still has tons of 20-somethings [0], and a lot of topics on HN are catered toward startups, which are (like it or not) biased toward 20- and 30-somethings.
[0]: http://www.recode.net/2015/3/26/11560724/heres-the-chart-tha...
Re:Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
by wingerlang on Saturday September 24, 2016 @01:34PM
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Yeah but "20-something" is really not a group, I know LOADS of 20-something people. Many of them use snapchat but none of them use HN.
My opinion is that Snapchat is pretty good already, so why would I need this? Hence my analysis is that it would be difficult for Snap to market this product effectively without cannibalizing their existing product, so it's interesting to see whether they will make the queen's gambit.