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I wonder how Snapchat could be any popular or hyped. The only time I encounter it are Tinder profiles trying to sell me over Snapchat their time-expiring photos for EUR 30 per item.

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Snapchat is privacy. You can send a snap and it's deleted -- and importantly your mom can't find the pictures of you smoking weed.

Didn't I hear that this was false? Maybe its deleted from your device but not their servers

I tried using Snapchat once and as a privacy conscious person, it felt more like spyware than an actual program. So many dark patterns and automatic turning on of cameras. I shared as little data as I could and I still got recommended family members.

TL;DR: DO NOT USE SNAPCHAT

That is not why people use Snapchat, it's for privacy from other people, not privacy from the corporation itself.

Snapchat already came and went. TikTok killed it.

There are still people using ICQ, but it doesn't mean it's not dead.

Snapchat is biiiiiig among gen z

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