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Comment by cphoover | Hacker News Reader

@clavelle I have to agree with you

I can't for the life of me see what anyone sees in this app.. then again as a non-teenager/college student, perhaps I'm not their target demographic, and I just don't get it.

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>>> then again as a non-teenager/college student.

I usually install it when I'm at sporting events or conferences or at airports (like someone else pointed out) and its quite entertaining.

I went back to my college for homecoming this past Fall and I was amazed and how many and how frequently people were posting - if you wanted to know where a party was, this was the app to have.

Beyond a fleeting entertainment tool, I don't have much use for it either.

As a college student I think the app is stupid. They will need a total change in the future, because at certain points all the app contains is posts that are just copied over from the top list, Reddit, or some other site. There is nothing interesting. Most of the people who use the app just want to be recognized as being funny or edgy, their up vote is what people have bragged to me about.

I've tried it, and I just think it's interesting that you can see what people local to the area are saying on it, have conversations with people who might be someone you see daily. Local events might get commented on. I don't get the large negativity towards the app.

Well, beyond the local area it allows you to "peek" in whatever geographic location you please. Sort of cool but I've found that, unless you're "peeking" at a real cultural-specific location, everyone just sort of says the same stuff.

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