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A Snapchat Interview with an 8th Grade Student
Back in November I heard from an 8th grade student who wanted to interview me about Snapchat for a research project she was writing for school. Her questions were probing, interesting, and excellent! With her permission, and the permission of her parents, I am sharing that interview today. J: Why was snapchat created? Adam: In my post, Why…
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Can I use Snapchat in a Responsible Way?
Today’s Tech Tuesday question comes from Amber: I have read a few of your posts about Snapchat. Snapchat can be used badly, as you have said in your articles. Also your pictures can be (most likely are) stored on Snapchat servers for them to use. For me I use Snapchat with my friends, and have never…
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Why is Snapchat addictive?
Tech Tuesday question from Aaron R. Snapchat. I feel like I am using it too much. I’m not worried about Snapchat not really deleting my pictures. I just feel that I’m using Snapchat to seek something else. I feel bad when I have all these stories and it looks like I am bragging but everybody…
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Tech Tuesday Questions about Snapchat, high school graduation, and big data
For the past month or so I’ve had a form in the sidebar of my blog. The intention is for readers to submit their questions about anything tech related. Here’s a few questions that have been submitted. Question How do I get in contact with Snapchat? I’ll track these mfs down and then snapchat and my friends…
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From Monica to Snapchat
Whipser, Secret, Yik Yak, Snapchat, Burnbook, et al. These are apps low on the “get it” list for adults. We look at them and wonder… “Why would I want that?” And it goes back to a fundamental difference between why teenagers use social media and why adults use social media. Adults use social media to…
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200,000 More Reasons to Delete Snapchat
‘The Snappening’: Hackers access 200,000 Snapchat accounts — NY Daily News Snapchat nude photos, videos reportedly leaked online— CNET Links to Photos Said to Be Stolen From Snapchat Users Flood Message Boards – New York Times Since news of this broke on Friday I’ve received at least 50 texts, emails, and other messages about it.…
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Snapchat Settles with the FTC Regarding Privacy Concerns
In December and January I received hundreds of comments and emails telling me I was wrong, that I didn’t know what I was talking about, and that I was misrepresenting Snapchat in this post. Well, according to a consent decree released today between Snapchat and the Federal Trade Commission, I wasn’t wrong about Snapchat: They really…
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Why You Should Delete SnapChat
I’ve been engaged in various forms of social media since AOL chat rooms in 1994. And I’ve never seen a more dangerous application targeting teenagers, specifically girls, than SnapChat. The premise of SnapChat is simple. You take a picture, send it to a friend, and they can only see it for up to 10 seconds…
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Dealing With Negativity
Ten years ago I wrote about the power of negative content on blogs. At that time, I could see a new trend emerging, a trend that would one day become part of entities effectively turning this behavior into a driving force that was used to divide our country into segments of people who hate one…