Snapchat weighs what was once unthinkable: permanent snaps

Slightly off topic: I've noticed many of my once-prolific snap friends are no longer posting as much, and instead are posting to instagram. Honestly it makes me a little sad, I have a ton of good memories from this app, and Snap in general seems much more concerned with user privacy than instagram and Facebook at large. Here's to hoping they make a comeback in the future!

When Instagram copied Snapchat and released the stories feature, Snapchat should&#x27;ve quickly copied everything else from Instagram (except all the nastiness that Facebook pushes) and offered those as optional...like storing snaps permanently. Snap really missed the boat on this, along with the UI redesign that turned off the core user base.<p>Instagram is only going to get worse with Mark Zuckerberg pushing it. Snap could still be an alternative if it focuses on what users want and keep what users may not want as optional or as a new app altogether.

How about working on the unthinkable, which is fixing the impossible to navigate UI?

How about returning localized stories specific to cities and college campuses? That feature was so important to so many people, and it was just suddenly killed last year.

This reminds me a bit of how OkCupid basically turned their app into Tinder: got rid of screen names, swipe to match, and can only message users you’ve mutually matched with. Maybe all dating apps will eventually become Tinder, and all photo-oriented messaging apps will turn into some hybrid of Snap&#x2F;Insta.

I&#x27;m still surprised people think their snaps can&#x27;t be scraped and saved forever.

All this confirms to me, is the fact that the app space is mainly a battleground for highly evolved corporate entities to fight for attention and profit.<p>Being unique or solving a purpose that&#x27;s genuinely useful to its audience, doesn&#x27;t seem to be a primary aim of businesses like Snapchat.

Snap is only on my phone because my phone storage fills up sometimes and I need space to save photos or videos.<p>I don&#x27;t look at anyone&#x27;s stories anymore. The people I care about, I make time to hang out with them in person or call them when I miss them. You know, like people used to before 2010.<p>There I said it. I know I&#x27;m not alone.

The snaps have ALWAYS been permanent. They are just not shown on your phone after a certain window of time.

Please someone enlighten me what the uniqueness of Snap(chat) then will be again?

So the primary purpose of Snapchat, sharing nudity temporarily is now permanent?

not sure why all the snapchat hate, my friends all use it as our go to messaging app. i dont need years of inane conversations all archived for all time on my phone, also they have the best sticker emojis

In today&#x27;s news: people who take photos expect their photos to last more than a few minutes.<p>There is no reason not to skip to the next photo sharing platform because nothing is saved. It&#x27;s a platform without a platform effect.

Maybe it&#x27;ll go the way of the Facebook dislike button.

I never got snapchat. For all but a few odd use cases, expiring messages&#x2F;posts seem to me to be strictly worse than permanently hosted ones.

next quarter: Snapcoin

But: &quot;does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad.&quot; -- Kylie Jenner, moments before she caused Snapchat&#x27;s stock price to tank.