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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by missing8 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:33PM (#13776120)
Sure the bulk of their users are young, but several of the people I follow are betweeen 28 and 45.

It's not like Snapchat is an esoteric thing. Using it can be a function of how outgoing and expressive you are. Or if you have some purpose.

The same reason you post on Hacker News is why people post on Snapchat -- to interact with others.

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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by Domenic_S on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:04PM (#13776493)
Posting on HN (or reddit, or...) will never die, because you get to correct people who are wrong on the internet. Snap not so much...
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by mi100hael on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:23PM (#13777302)
I don't think that's quite right. Snapchat does have a chat feature which allows you to essentially send feedback on peoples snaps/stories, so you could absolutely tell people they're wrong for making some statement.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by atomical on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:43PM (#13778008)
I think it was a joke.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by freyr on Thursday March 02, 2017 @09:31PM (#13780308)
I think it was a joke.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by ewtasfasgs on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:25PM (#13777846)
Sure, but it's far from part of a community discussion. There is no such thing as a snapchat community, just contact lists.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by jzymbaluk on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:55PM (#13776374)
It also depends on whether you have friends that use Snapchat. I'm 24 and a college senior, so within the right age group, but none of my friends use Snapchat. It's only fun if you have friends who use it.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by da02 on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:58PM (#13777054)
What do you/they use on a regular basis?
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by jzymbaluk on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:26PM (#13786115)
Most of my friends chat with either Google Hangouts or good old SMS
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by ehsankia on Thursday March 02, 2017 @01:08PM (#13776532)
But do you think their actual sources of revenue (all the ads and paid stories) are focused towards older people? From what I've seen, it's mostly gossip and stories aimed towards younger people.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by _audakel on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:22PM (#13777297)
fb started out with younger ppl, and then gradually older ppl got on, tell now when like my feed is blown up by my grandma.
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by Pxtl on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:25PM (#13780019)
Oy, that. Honestly, with all their algos I'm confused why Facebook lets one friend cover my entire feed in Shah Rukh Khan. I don't even know who SRK is!
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Re:Snap Jumps in Debut After App Maker Raises $3.4B in IPO by devarshar on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:12AM (#13781454)
He is one of the most popular actors in Indian film industry, Bollywood.
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