Another app that claims to be privacy-friendly and used by teenagers, from their website:<p>> OWN YOUR PRIVACY<p>> Stop wondering what happens to your photos and texts after you hit send. Jott’s privacy features, such as screenshot detection and disappearing chats, keep you in control of your privacy.<p>I hear a lot of people say that kids growing up today will be immune to surveillance since they grew up with it, and will likely not care it's happening.<p>But the privacy of their chats and photos seems pretty important to them, so I question the validity of this stance. Maybe thanks to Snapchat for making this type of feature easy and accessible.
Adding 10-20K of young users that don't have the income to even have a data plan?<p>So they're acquiring 10-20K broke users a day? So acquisition is the only way this company stays alive..
I'm dubious of how many US high schoolers don't have data - many will be on a family plan. Not to say none of them are data-less, but I don't think this will become the next Snapchat based on one feature.
> More than adults. Girls send, on average, about 3,952 text messages a month, and boys send closer to 2,815 text messages a month<p>The average boy sends 2,815 text messages per month? 94 per day? 6 per waking hour, every hour, every day, every week for a month? On <i>average</i>?<p>The <i>average</i> girl sends 8 text messages per waking hour, every hour?<p>Wow.
You don't need a phone number with Kik either, texting with bluetooth seems like the modern version of passing little paper notes in class, any "serious" use beyond the classrooms?