A few years ago, Snapchat was all about naked pictures. Or any sort of picture that you didn’t want someone to be able to keep. And no, before you assume I only know that because I was sending racy pics, I assure you (and my husband!) I was not.
But one of my single-and-dating friends was. It allowed them to send a picture and have it only show up for a few seconds. A great alternative to texting it and letting someone look as often as they wanted (and then send it on to god knows who). Good on them, I say. To each their own, and all that.
Maybe the app is still used for that. I’m now an ‘old married woman’ with two kids, so I wouldn’t know. However, I have noticed that now Snapchat has become the social medium of choice for social media-savvy superstars. If they’re big on Instagram or Facebook, chances are they’re now on Snapchat as well. Many of them claim it’s the way they show that they’re “real and raw”, either via pictures or (the more popular option) video.