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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41407625

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Honestly Snapchat was fun, but what killed it for me was when it started randomly adding/following users when my account was inactive for a while. So I’d start getting notifications about xyz posting, and I don’t even know who they are

I’m convinced they’re doing this to pad user activity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Is snapchat still relevant?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Aaaaand that's going to be it for snapchat. FUCK the greed, fuck your ads. FUCK your analytics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I think Slipknot wrote a song about that lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I know social media shows us stuff it wants us to see, but Snapchat shows the absolute worst shit, it has never once shown me something I'd ever want to see. It really is the most ratchet app.

My god why do I still have it, I gotta talk to my therapist about this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Just uninstall it, you'll be happier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey it's me, your therapist. It's for the nudes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

God you're right, this is why I pay you the big bucks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Oh no enshittification in crap I don't use. The horror!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Not his car belongs to the CEO of a similarly named company that makes vape juice https://www.tmz.com/2017/12/02/snapchat-ceo-evan-mistaken-identity-bad-driver-lamborghini/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Remember Snapchat had the cool feature of showing you "today, X years ago"?
Why did they fuck that up and you get random collages now. It was such a great feature that they have now ruined

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Isn't that what Google photos does too? I'm slowly degoogling but I must say, I do enjoy that feature. It kinda gives purpose to the random pictures one takes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Swim in the swamp, you'll get leeches

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Headline: Social Media Service Announces Ridiculous Enshittification Plan

Me: ? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Somebody asked where they could find me on social media the other day and my response was "strange places using fake names". Eventually turned into me trying to pitch the fediverse but it kinda landed in much the way birds don't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At least you had a towel with you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Always know where your towel is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Anyone know of any alternatives with similar functionality?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Signal has stories. Never seen anyone use them though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

telegram has “secret chats” that let you set a self destruct timer for all messages sent in those chats. i don’t know of many other alternatives. and even telegram isn’t a drop in replacement, but it could work, depending on what you’re looking for

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just use Signal with disappearing messages feature turned on?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

that sounds like a better choice to be honest. i haven’t used signal much and i didn’t know they supported that sort of thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Enshittification will continue until revenue improves"

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Revenue improves. "We did it! But... line must always go up!? More!" Enshittification will continue until death occurs.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Well if this happens I'm getting rid of it. Yeah I'm older and I use it. But it's great for the girlfriend and I to quickly send messages and nsfw things. Now that I think about it, I only use it because of her.

These ads will be the last straw. The stupid AI chatbot forces itself to the top of your list already, and above that, they throw in a stupid Snapchat+ ad! Oh yeah, in order to delete the AI bot as a friend, you need Snapchat+....

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Lol no u won’t

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The ads are the last straw? Hahaha

Unencrypted shit show of a "service".

Have they fixed the problem where if someone has the URL, they can see your NSFW pics?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Use signal which has temporary messages

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

nsfw things

Why would you use unencrypted social media for that?

You do understand that Snapchat keeps a copy?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not in Canada where the “girlfriend” “lives” they don’t 🤪

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I think I missed the "girlfriend" part lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wish we made more offensive memes using established brands that way we can keep their ads out of our online spaces

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would like it very much if the first thing that came up in a casual search for any business was sweaty rule 34 fantasies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Company logos on buttplugs, the advertisement of the future.

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