Evolution of Snapchat
After investigating the evolution of the phonograph for my own personal EOTO, I had the privilege of discovering the impact and history of the infamous digital app, Snapchat.
The Beginnings
The beginnings of Snapchat began when a group of students from Stanford University had an idea for a new modern take on photo and video messaging. Beforehand, social media sites such as Facebook have been able to share videos and photos to big groups of "friends" as your independent profile serves as a blog-style profile. The aim of Snapchat was to be able to send and share videos and photos to individuals that would disappear after a few moments. This would serve as a true messaging social media app rather than a social media platform like Twitter and Facebook. The group one presentation said that the Co-founder of Snapchat said,
"Snapchat isn't about capturing the traditional Kodak moment. It's about communicating with the full range of human emotion - not just what appears to be pretty or perfect"
The Functions
functions of Snapchat have three forms of communication. The most original form of communication is the individual photos and videos that can disappear within 10 seconds or after a tap. The second form is a "story" which is similar to traditional posts on other social media platforms. The story enables Snapchat users to post a series of snapchats or "snaps" that are active and viewable for 24 hours. The third form of communication is through traditional texts that can either be saved or also disappear. Some new additions to the app have provided the idea of "streaks" which counts the number of days in a row two people have sent images or videos to each other.
As Snapchat and technology continue to evolve and improve, more and more updates and new additions to Snapchat continue. One of the more recent updates they have created is that now you can delete a message after you send it. Here is a quick advertisement link for this new feature.
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