I really appreciate that this clickbait and influencer garbage is now separated from snaps and stories of my contacts. I don't get why this would make the app less usable. Snapchat was never an app with great UX but I think the new update is a great improvement.
This is analogous to Facebook moving from individual walls to a newsfeed. Why did they move to newsfeed? Easily consumable ad units.<p>People WILL get used to it, and advertisers will soon have programmatic access to ads that will show in the Discover section. Whether or not they will add value to the advertisers with this format is the real question.<p>This change is no surprise to me, nor will they change it. Driven by the need for ad revenue [0]<p>[0] - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14983800#14985153" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14983800#14985153</a>
I really like the change. More friends, fewer brands, and the ability to unsubscribe from specific users' stories. I hope people eventually acclimate to it and it sticks around.
People always hate redesigns of popular services, and the truth is that it doesn't matter. A redesign has never encouraged any significant % of users to leave any service. People hated Windows 8, new Youtube looks, new Facebook timelines, Twitter changes, and nobody ever left any of these because of those changes. Another matter is that these petitions can be easily scripted and signed from thousands of IPs in a matter of minutes.