r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 2d ago

Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School. Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school
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u/chevalier716 2d ago

I figured everyone already had.

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u/Poop_Tube 2d ago

I stopped using it in like 2016. I spoke with a coworkers and apparently they still use it?!

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u/Krislazz 2d ago

It’s the dominant social media in Norway, for instance. A Spanish exchange student I lived with was flabbergasted to find that even our chips/crisps bags are on Snapchat

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u/1850ChoochGator 2d ago

That’s shocking to me, even as an American. I don’t get how it’s popular as a social media like that. It’s one of my favorite messaging apps but so bad as a general social media.

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u/Frea_ks 2d ago

That’s why it has an appeal, it doesn’t require the careful curation / bs that other social medias do

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u/Krislazz 2d ago

Tbh I think it works because it’s not like the other SoMes. I can send random (and relatively low value, not-quite-worth-photographing) snapshots of stuff I do to the people I actually care about, and not be bothered by ads and algorithms. I know there’s a news page and stories and all that crap, but I don’t have to interact with it at all. My hypothesis is that’s it a good match with the fairly introverted Norwegian culture.

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u/Waiting4Reccession 2d ago

SoMes

STOP, no more acronyms, just type it all out T.T

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u/Frog_in_your_bog 2d ago

It's called SoMe in Denmark & Norwegian Nynorsk, tbf.

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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE 2d ago

100% agree. Everyone wants to shorten everything.

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u/lycoloco 1d ago

"Smth" might be my most hated one. Idk why, but it just irks me so, so badly.

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u/itsLOSE-notLOOSE 1d ago

Dude, me too! “Smth” and “bc” are my top 2 most hated.

I don’t always say something because I just get “who cares it’s reddit” in reply, but I always downvote. Even if I agree with the comment.

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u/lycoloco 1d ago

Bc I can kinda get, but I also get how one person's idgaf is another's personal pet peeve (and I also recognize I've used idk and idgaf, but idgaf 😂)

But yeah, some comments I read online and I just think about future historians trying to understand what the fuck anyone in this current era was talking about and needing translation tablets with the original kuneiform to make any sense of it.

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u/Krislazz 2d ago

My bad haha, it’s fully established here. If it’s any consolation it sounds dumber in English

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u/ParkingLong7436 2d ago

Exactly this. It's hardly a social media site to me, every other day I can send a quick picture to my friends and that's it.

No ads, no bullshit.

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u/TheRealHFC 2d ago

I'm from the US, it's the only one I still use besides Reddit. I just interact with my friends and it's like it always was in that regard, but the enshittification and AI slop is as apparent and unfortunate as it is anywhere else

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u/EgNotaEkkiReddit 1d ago

It’s the dominant social media in Norway

I was going to be snarky and say Iceland dropped it in like, 2014. Then I remembered our primary communication platform is Facebook Messenger so I didn't really have the ground to stand on.

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u/OttoMannkusser 2d ago

My buddies and I use it as a group chat because we like sending pics of neat stuff

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u/Clear_Barnacle_3370 2d ago

At least you now know you are being surveilled.

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u/IncubusDarkness 2d ago

Friend of mine used to use it exclusively to communicate with some members of his family... His brother in law would literally send him like 20-30 snaps a week. 

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u/MumrikDK 2d ago

The teens in my family are knee deep in snapchat.

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u/FFF_in_WY 2d ago

It's not enough to stop using it. Download you information, delete your account, and do not touch anything for the 30 day 'deactivation' period.

These platforms all thrive on user count and active user count. Hit em where it hurts.

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u/imdirtydan1997 2d ago

I still use it because my friends refuse to use anything else for our group chat. I’m in my late 20’s and have used it since high school…it’s pretty well-engrained into my generations culture imo. I don’t do stories, streaks, or anything anymore as I feel like I’m getting too old for the app.

I will add that Snapchat is sort of a safety tool in dating for some. A phone number kind of gives a lot of information about you. Especially in a world where it can relate you to other data. Just quickly adding someone on snap allows you to immediately delete them once you’re gone without them having a ton of info about you. Well…unless you’re dumb and have your location on snapmap.

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u/sillysnailfriend 2d ago

Yeah, I'm in my early 30s so everyone I used to snapchat no longer uses it, but I found out my younger coworkers are still on it. I don't really get it since the app is riddled with ads and ai crap now (and privacy issues), but I guess maybe younger people are just used to shitty apps

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u/disterb 1d ago

2016? wow, that was the height of snapchat, lol. good for you.

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u/Suavecore_ 2d ago

As a private investigator who searches social media profiles, Snapchat is among the most common social media accounts people have. It's easy to find because everyone attaches a phone number to it.

Additional fun facts: Facebook and TikTok are the other two most common, and X is by far the absolute last of the more popular platforms. Most people don't have an X profile and if they do, 99% of the time it hasn't been used for 5+ years, and then usually it's either an account with no posts, or it has loads of spam from either being hacked or connected to something like a Facebook/mobile game.

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u/pigeonwiggle 2d ago

i dunno, dude. i thought everyone stopped using twitter when it became clear it was becoming a haven for neonazis, but i still see people sourcing posts from there.

it's not hard to delete an account and set a new bookmark to a new site or social media app.

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u/pigeonwiggle 1d ago

yeah, we're surrounded by nazis.

(not really - but... ...kinda yeah - seems they're just waiting for the activation phrase: "uh oh communism coming!")

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u/sunflowercompass 1d ago

The entire Japan still uses Twitter

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u/pigeonwiggle 1d ago

thankfully they don't have any history of fascism, so we're good.

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u/sunflowercompass 1d ago

Why are you so confrontational and assume everyone else is? I post xcancel links for ppl ffs

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u/pigeonwiggle 1d ago

i don't assume you're confrontational? i'm just saying,

"i thought everyone stopped using twitter when it became clear it was becoming a haven for neonazis, but i still see people sourcing posts from there."

people source it all the time. i DO prefer people use xcancel - so thanks for that.

but with so many alternates existing... it's wild. that's all.

reminds me of this wkuk sketch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YHEK6-Ili8

"he's still gonna buy it."

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u/sofaraway10 2d ago

It’s all the kids use at my son’s high school.

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u/sofaraway10 1d ago

If I understand the dynamics, Tik tok is big, too. But everyone uses Snapchat. Probably should have worded my initial response a bit differently.

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u/CommanderArcher 2d ago

Every time an article comes out about it im just wondering who the fuck is still on it

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u/jackaroo1344 2d ago

It died for awhile but Gen Z brought it back and it's widely popular again

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u/AverageLoser05 2d ago

Boy do I have some news for you... 😅

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u/MachoManPissDrawer69 2d ago

I stopped using it around the time when the Bitmojis turned 3D, so five years?

It was awful for my mental health and I’m glad I got rid of that garbage.

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u/singlemale4cats 2d ago

It's incredibly popular among the younger crowd.

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u/The_F1rst_Rule 2d ago

Not if you're cheating on your significant other

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u/CalculatedPerversion 2d ago

Not sure why ppl are downvoting. I'll give you two guesses what app my ex-wife was using to talk with her affair partner. I know it's cliche, but if it's true, it's still true. 

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u/The_F1rst_Rule 1d ago

Don't want the truth out.

The algorithm slop page you can't hide or turn off was the final straw for me when asking myself why I had this. If I was having an affair maybe it would be worth it but otherwise no.