• N-E-N@lemmy.caEnglish
    26·
    11 months ago

    Why this many people use Snapchat is incomprehensible

    There are so many good messenger apps and all of them, Snapchat’s giant userbase remains

    • tmsbrdrs2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      I use it for the same reason I use anything, the people I talk with are there. I already drew a hard line in the sand with some devices and Windows.

      • N-E-N@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Snapchat is a line I drew. It’s probably my single least favourite messaging option

        • tmsbrdrs2@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Honestly, I prefer it over a few of the others. That doesn’t make it good though. I’d much prefer to get everyone I know on to something more open and free like Matrix, wire, etc.

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Don’t know why you got downvoted. There is absolutely an “age” component to why people use a certain platform.

        Social platforms have enormous retention leverage also. Once all your friends are there…

        • makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          The age component is absolutely a reason and so is the leverage of the community and friends like you said. No doubt about it. It’s herd mentality and FOMO. Finally it is also how easy to get in and stay sucked in. These other platforms have the dopamine trigger game figured out on their apps. Fediverse doesn’t have that so much, other than the organic “did someone reply to me?” feeling. If you don’t engage then fediverse is not pulling you in.

      • N-E-N@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Ngl FB Messenger is way better than Snapchat.

        I don’t like Meta but at least the app feels like it isn’t making its users even more ADHD by the minute

    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Hell, why do this many people use LinkedIn? The whole platform was built off of scraping Windows user’s address books without permission, sending unsolicited emails to all of those contacts using the name of that user, and pretending like they were such a great platform that of course your friends are inviting you to also join. And I’m pretty sure they still use this practice today because I continue to get emails from people who have no idea why their name is being attached to the spam I receive.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        01·
        11 months ago

        LinkedIn is very useful for job searching and networking. I don’t post on there, but it was key to getting several job offers.

        I’m not aware of any other professional social networks.