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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by Apocryphon on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:41PM (#17796068)
Funnily enough, Snapchat doesn't seem to have this particular downside. It has points/scoring, but they were always somewhat hidden away and I'm not sure if anyone took them very seriously. Like the rest of the app's UX, and sort of ranking cryptic and obfuscated (like the emojis signifying how your friends compared to you) and not made into an emphasis.
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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by incompatible on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:52PM (#17796117)
I had the impression some people were obsessed with the "streak" feature on Snapchat.
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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by pubutil on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:15PM (#17796469)
I know people who are obsessed with maintaining streaks on Snapchat, but I see the effects of a streak as different from the effects of the likes and shares mentioned above. While both mechanisms encourage users to use their platform more, keeping a Snapchat streak with friends puts an emphasis on actually communicating with individual people instead of blasting content across the platform.

Whether or not that communication between individuals is high-quality will vary from person to person, though.

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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by adjkant on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:13PM (#17796462)
A streak is a 1-5 minute thing at most for those who are obsessed with it. Many people in that category send out a single "streak" snap to everyone they have a streak with. You can't spend the same 20 minutes of Instagram scrolling with streaks. I don't think it's a completely harmless thing, but it's not in the same category at all.
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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by kristofferR on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:50AM (#17799477)
https://www.nrk.no/slukt-av-snap-1.13811834
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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by ponderatul on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:22AM (#17797877)
The toxicity in Snapchat comes from its filter culture, and how they're abused to create a fake and frankly disturbing and disgusting standard of beauty
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Re:Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on s... by themagician on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:43PM (#17796080)
You’re right.
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