Snapchat 6.1

New Smart Filters, Replay, Front-Facing Flash & More.

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New Smart Filters, Replay, Front-Facing Flash & More.

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TC writer, @JoshConstine, isn't a fan of replay (http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/20...): "A big draw of Snapchat was that once someone had viewed your Snap, it only lived on in their imperfect memory. That made sending them carefree and lightweight — something I’d without second guessing what could happen. That encouraged the silly and racy behavior Snapchat thrives on, and set it apart from other photo sharing services that create a permanent record you have to worry about." Thing is, Snapchat isn't forcing this on anyone -- they're giving the users control of their experience and ephemerality less important than its core innovations: one-to-one-to-many and speed. Related: http://ryanhoover.me/post/571642...

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13yr ago

State of Product Analytics Report

I wish you could reorder comments so @joshm appears on top. Snapchat is and always has been about word of mouth. This just extends that. If I get a snap with a new font or speed I will immediately ask "how did you do that" and let the education begin

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13yr ago

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@joshelman YUP! At the risk of sounding like a vain, self-promotional machine, I recently wrote about word-of-mouth and tactics used by Square (h/t @JaredSF), Shazam, Clarity, and others to grow. http://ryanhoover.me/post/669655... P.S. Comment upvoting and threading is coming!

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13yr ago

PlanetScale Boost

I'm so incredibly jealous of iphone users. Smart filters, such a cool way to communicate more about what you're doing.

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13yr ago

Why Are We Yelling?

I agree with @joshm's comments and also everyone confused about replay. I think snapchat has a love/hate relationship with their product's sacred cow (friends, then stories, now replay) and think that they are stuck in a weird world where their biggest strength could also be their strongest weakness.

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13yr ago

Product Hunt

I just published my thoughts about Snapchat 6.1 in FastCo - http://www.fastcolabs.com/302420... h/t @owens, @joshm, @joshelman, @buster, @willydennis, @ow, @Besvinick, @ryanlawler. Discuss!

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13yr ago