I've used Snapchat for at least the past seven years. I use it mainly to keep in touch with friends and family. I like being able to see what is going on in their everyday lives, and share glimpses of mine as well.I have made some friends exclusively through the app, some from back when the Snapmap allowed friend requests. The Snapmap might just be my favorite feature. I like viewing places I vacationed, and places I've never been. I understand that the snap location indicators were removed from the Snapmap for safety reasons, and I'm glad they were, I don't want people being able to tell where I live. However, this makes it a shot in the dark when you are trying to explore the map. ***I think there needs to be some sort of indicator, even if it's just having the town name light up if there's a public snap.*** The map is kind of useless ever since this change.Also, while I realize it is a colossal amount of data, I have found it difficult to reach a real person for help. I have reported items that would be horrific for a child to find. Some were handled instantly by the ai, but some were not. I found no alternative way to reach live support. Once I found an anonymous public snap of a high school student saying they were going to end their life. Reporting it to ai did nothing, because it didn't use any key words for the ai to understand the context. I appreciate technology, but I believe there needs to be a clearer way to contact live people.

this app is extraordinary! this is a great use for kids to experience and explore the social world. snapchat can also help them connect with family if they live far away or you just can’t get out of the house to see them. you can video chat, text, and send them pictures of yourself, and with that comes the filters the filters are never ending whatever comes to mind i guarantee they probably have it in a filter. but not only is this app great for kids it’s also good for adults. wether you want to make new friends, or find a new love partner. this is the way to meet new people. now let’s talk some more about the app. you have a best friends list and all of your closest friends can be on there, you can also pin people now you can only pin three but still. also you can customize your bitmoji and the options are endless whatever your style is they have it. and now for the down sides, some of the people you can meet on this app are scary and can do some weird things, coming from a person that has experienced this just block them. which gets me started on the settings you have a blocked list and if you accidentally block someone you can just go into setting and unblock them in a jif. also the app has different appearances you can set it to always mach the system of your phone, always light mode, and my personal favorite always dark mode. so to rap this up over all snapchat is a great way to socialize in today’s society great for kids and adults and 100% recommend you will not be let down!

I’ve been using Snapchat for over a decade now. This app was a source of community and connection for me throughout the years; it holds countless memories, milestones, and laughs. All of those could be easily accessed and looked back on through Snapchat memories and flashbacks. Of course like every other company, now they want us to start paying a subscription fee for access to a widely loved and favorite feature for countless other users. It’s a shame, since I and many others have been users for so long, but I truly see no reason to keep Snapchat if they choose to stick with this decision. Since I’m not a child (oops, I meant ‘young adult’), Snapchat is no longer a primary method of communication for me, along with nearly every respectable individual out of the teenage years. Not to mention the ‘discover’ page is mostly slop clearly meant for 13 year olds. Frankly, I don’t understand who they’re trying to get money from with this decision. Is it the teenagers and kids who make up the majority of active users, and who this app is evidently aimed at? Or is it all the 20-something’s that, have likely grown out of many of this app’s features, but who still utilize the memories feature and…actually have their own money? I’m hoping it’s the latter, but I won’t be part of it and neither should anyone reading this. There are tutorials on how to get all of your memories from Snapchat and they’re free. We don’t need more subscriptions.