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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by willio58 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:09PM (#17712673)
As a long time Snapchat user i know my friends at this point like Instagram more. Snapchat’s recent interface changes make little sense and sometimes serve to actively confuse the user experience. Classic case of fixing something that wasn’t broken.
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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by nsx147 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:32PM (#17712785)
They made the change so they could build out their ad platform and make money. Which they beat estimates on revenue
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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by mrep on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:15AM (#17715618)
Agreed, the "let's put stories in your personal message view interface" was absolutely terrible in my opinion. I use to watch stories all the time but now I hardly ever do because it is so annoying to find them.

Shit, I watch instagram stories now more often because those are easy to see and pick whos I want to watch.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by Applethief on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:23PM (#17712989)
I agree, the UI/UX chnages put me off. I haven't use snap in over 6 months.
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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by kennxfl on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:45AM (#17713689)
I think the confusing user experience serves to engage younger audiences who gravitate to what is regarded by the older users as complicated. I believe this is Snapchat's unique approach vs all the other social media.
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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by koboll on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:16PM (#17712701)
There's just nothing Snap offers that isn't as good or better on Instagram.

And hoping gimmicks like new AR tricks or Spectacles can turn that around has always been a lost cause.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by criddell on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:25AM (#17715710)
Snapchat's UI never made sense.
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