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Re:Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long ... by dannyw on Friday December 15, 2017 @12:58AM (#15929922)
People grow in age. The audience that is using Snapchat now (I talk to a dozen friends on Snapchat) are going to keep using Snapchat (I haven’t seen any age based dropoff), and younger people start using Snapchat.

I don’t even have some fairly close friends on FB!

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Re:Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long ... by richardknop on Friday December 15, 2017 @03:06AM (#15930335)
Sure but I doubt it. For example after initial students on college campuses who started using Facebook, it has spread to older generations and people in 30s, 40s even 50s now use Facebook.

With Snapchat I don't see such trend. It has no website, only a confusing mobile app with horrid UX that most people can't figure out and is mostly used for adding pig noses and cat ears to pictures by teenagers.

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Re:Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long ... by heedlessly2 on Friday December 15, 2017 @09:31AM (#15932032)
if Snapchat had a website, then users could screenshot photos/conversations without notifying the other person. That's exactly why they don't have one.
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