All the Reasons Why Your Teenager Shouldn’t Be On Snapchat RK
Snapchat is a popular instant messaging tool that rose to prominence in 2016. The app changed the way instant messengers were seen and used the world over with its timed photosharing feature. Users could send any picture as a Snap, write a neat caption on it, and send it. And the viewer typically had a few seconds to see the picture after which it was deleted forever. Snapchat was unique in its offering and quickly changed the face of traditional communication. It also came up with the concept of "Lenses" which are now commonly known as filters. And Stories too! Stories were a great way to preserve your Snaps for your following to view and were deleted after 24 hours.
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The Uniqueness of Snapchat 1.Introduced "disappearing messages" as a concept for the first time.
2. Added the option of Stories in a first, which was later ported to other social media apps.
3.Wouldn't store messages or photos sent on the platform on servers.
With almost 530 million active users as of April 2021, Snapchat easily ranks among the most popular social networks worldwide. 48 percent of U.S. internet users aged 15 to 25 years were reportedly using Snapchat, the highest usage reach among any age group.
Should Your Children Use It? 1.Snapchat isn’t for kids younger than 13.
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2. Snapstreaks is a way the company builds user loyalty and habitual use, making Snapchat very addictive.
3. Snapchat offers all the children on their app a news outlet for them to “discover." This enables them to view inappropriate and dangerous content. As parents, we must recognize this isn’t just a fun way for children and teens to communicate. Behind every feature and function of the app are extremely skilled and artificially intelligent programmers, engineers, computers, advertisers, and marketers. Their job isn’t to keep kids having fun, but to keep them hooked.
Snap Inc. has brilliantly convinced its young users the app is an innocent, fun way to share life as it happens but parents should not be fooled. Snapchat's bottom line relies on its ability to hook and addict the child, convincing them they cannot have friends, much less exist, without it.-