Snapchat

elefant

PhuckHugh wrote: »

Youre telling me social media and narcissism are not linked? Go read any study on the use of social media and young people. Narcissism in current college students is higher than in any previous generation of students and it's something that's here to stay and set to rise as long as social media is entertained.

It's also linked to anxiety and many other mental health problems...

Social media is a psychological phenomenon - that is creating a lot more negative than positive affects on people.

I'm hoping it's a fad that we get bored of and begin to see through for the harm it is causing - Parents certainly need to take serious responsibility and letting a child under the age of 16 have frequent access to social media is akin to child abuse.

Calling it culture as if it is something here to stay and accept is not only dangerous but very short sighted. In truth, and it's a different argument, kids don't have a youth culture in the same way previous generations have had... They are controlled by the collective and prayed on by marketing - it's sad really.

Consumerism dictates conformity to today's youths and i'd be very wary of calling it culture when it's clearly mind control.

I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. I'm sure there are huge negatives attached to the way that is culturally normal for young people to live today, and that normal would've seemed totally bizarre just 20 years ago. I guess people probably said the same when television became ubiquitous. And I completely agree that young children shouldn't have unfettered access to social media.

But calling something culture doesn't mean that it's necessarily a positive thing, and it doesn't mean it's here to stay. It's just the way it is right now; that is how the youth of today behave.

If a 22 year-old guy wants to record an entire concert instead of living in the moment, that's his prerogative however. I find posters leaping in to excoriate what he and a huge percentage of his peers enjoy doing and offering advice on how they could be happier if they 'acted more like me' hilarious. You know in 20 years time that same guy will be doing the same about his nieces and nephews.

You claim you wanted to know why people enjoyed using snapchat. I'm skeptical of how much of an actual fact-finding mission this really was. It could probably be added to the other AH thread on how people on boards love to judge other people.

elefant

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

I take a picture with a dedicated second phone so there is no notification sent. I then print that picture and scan it into my computer with a flat bed scanner.

Impressive dedication!

Quazzie

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

I take a picture with a dedicated second phone so there is no notification sent. I then print that picture and scan it into my computer with a flat bed scanner.

Screen recorder makes a video which doesn't send a notification then screenshot from the resultant video in your gallery.

hungry hypno toad

elefant wrote: »

Impressive dedication!

Thanks, but I can't think of any easier way to do it.

Glenster

PhuckHugh wrote: »

Youre telling me social media and narcissism are not linked?

Saying how great you are for not using social media and narcissism are definitely linked.

hatrickpatrick

Impromptu sessions are a lot easier on Snapchat. Instead of empanelling a bunch of group chats which usually devolve into bickering and indecisiveness, you just stick up a snapchat story showing where you are and basically saying "we're here, where's everyone else, want to meet and have pints".

No other social media, at least in my view, makes it so easy to do unplanned stuff with a group. Hell, I've frequently made a last minute call to hop on the last dart or bus into town with absolutely no plan, and then just checked snapchat to see who's out and where they're pinting.

PowerToWait

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Impromptu sessions are a lot easier on Snapchat. Instead of empanelling a bunch of group chats which usually devolve into bickering and indecisiveness, you just stick up a snapchat story showing where you are and basically saying "we're here, where's everyone else, want to meet and have pints".

No other social media, at least in my view, makes it so easy to do unplanned stuff with a group. Hell, I've frequently made a last minute call to hop on the last dart or bus into town with absolutely no plan, and then just checked snapchat to see who's out and where they're pinting.

Ah yes. Spontaneity, the fruit of Snapchat's loins.

Glenster

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Impromptu sessions are a lot easier on Snapchat. Instead of empanelling a bunch of group chats which usually devolve into bickering and indecisiveness, you just stick up a snapchat story showing where you are and basically saying "we're here, where's everyone else, want to meet and have pints".

No other social media, at least in my view, makes it so easy to do unplanned stuff with a group. Hell, I've frequently made a last minute call to hop on the last dart or bus into town with absolutely no plan, and then just checked snapchat to see who's out and where they're pinting.

Presumably you could just whatsapp your groups to see where everyone was pinting too? Once you got on the Dart I mean?

PhuckHugh

Glenster wrote: »

Saying how great you are for not using social media and narcissism are definitely linked.

Has anyone said that on this thread?

Glenster

PhuckHugh wrote: »

Has anyone said that on this thread?

I did. Just there.

PhuckHugh

Glenster wrote: »

I did. Just there.

It's an interesting take. But I wouldn't call you a narcissist as such tho, so stop being overly harsh on yourself.

PhuckHugh

PhuckHugh wrote: »

It's an interesting take. But I wouldn't call you a narcissist as such tho, so stop being overly harsh on yourself.

I agree with him. There is a certain amount of condescension, or perhaps resentful glee?, in the tone of those who can t wait to tell you their views on Facebook or Snapchat and 'here's why it's stupid' and (without the question having been asked) 'Here's Why I Am Not A Member'.

The nature of Snapchat is that nobody cares if you don't use it, and nobody really cares why you dislike it, nor, for that matter, some apocalyptic and rampant tendency towards narcissism.

If you don't use Snapchat, then by default, it does not affect you.

I happen to agree that individualism and the cult of the self is rising amongst millenials and Generation Z, but it's been happening for generations.

Nobody bats a weary eyelid when some middle-aged loon calls for flat taxes, quasi anarchy, mass privatisation and the institution of a libertarian paradise.

Yet some 20 year old doing a dog face is a great cause for concern?

Individualism and the elevation of an egotistical worldview is driven by mass consumerism, and Snapchat may be one small manifestation of this tendency, but it didn't start it and in the scheme of things, I consider it both harmless and fun and indeed, yes, useful.

Glenster

PhuckHugh wrote: »

It's an interesting take. But I wouldn't call you a narcissist as such tho, so stop being overly harsh on yourself.

What?

You cray.

Yet some 20 year old doing a dog face is a great cause for concern?

Its a cause for joy, those filter are amaze.

Murrisk

I spent one afternoon amused by Snapchat but quickly got bored. My mid-30s sister has been obsessed with it for the best part of a year now and shows no sign of losing interest. I just don't get it. I can envisage an artist doing something interesting and creative with it, but generally it is just so dull.

PhuckHugh

Murrisk wrote: »

I spent one afternoon amused by Snapchat but quickly got bored. My mid-30s sister has been obsessed with it for the best part of a year now and shows no sign of losing interest. I just don't get it. I can envisage an artist doing something interesting and creative with it, but generally it is just so dull.

No, it's great craic and culture. Get with it.

hatrickpatrick

Glenster wrote: »

Presumably you could just whatsapp your groups to see where everyone was pinting too? Once you got on the Dart I mean?

You could of course, but if you're in a bunch of different such chats, a snapchat 'story' (AKA a snap that everyone in your contacts can view) is less tedious than having to copy the same message into multiple group chats.

Example: I have among others a Facebook chat group for a group of my college mates, another for some school folks, one which is a random mish-mash of friends who all met at a particular event, and most recently a chat with all my cousins.

Now, if I'm at a rugby match at Aviva and I'm wondering who might be up for a pint afterwards, I can either duplicate "hey, anyone at the match and hanging around after?" to all four of the above-mentioned group chats - or I can just put up a snapchat story of whoever I'm with at the time, with "Aviva section 513, pints " as the caption. Now anyone else I'm mates with who happens to be at the match knows we're there and where to find us if they want to join. Conversely if you're more the type who follows than starts a session, you can just scroll through your stories and see everyone at the match and where they are.

In that sense it's like putting up a Facebook or Twitter status as opposed to sending messages to specific people - but I find that people check snapchat more often so you're less likely to miss people if you do it this way. I can't count the number of epic sessions which have grown organically from a snapchat story. Maybe it's just my mates, but it just seems more efficient - Facebook no longer shows you statuses in chronological order and it tries to guess which friends you're more interested in hearing from, whereas Snapchat just shows you everyone in your contacts, in chronological order, and tells you how long since the story was uploaded.

Twitter has the same all-encompassing and chronological functionality as Snapchat, but it's just not used for social calls among my age group (mid twenties) - it's used for news, business, announcements etc. Maybe others do use Twitter for this, but in my experience there's an unspoken rule that Facebook and Snapchat are for social calls while Twitter is for promotion and what not.

ziggyman17

my daughter accepted a friend request from a hacker thinking it was a friend of a friend, she deleted after finding out but is now worried sick, can anything come of this with her account ? the poor child is in an awful state..

dublinman1990

What are people's thoughts on people known as 'Snapchat Celebrities'. Are they just people who flog stuff or make announcements over it or something.

Is this shíte spread all over Snapchat or is it more of a rarity in itself.

Elemonator

My opinion on it changed when I saw 30 year old barristers in the Four Courts on it when I was down there instructing one of them. Absolutely hilarious.

tomwaterford

dublinman1990 wrote: »

What are people's thoughts on people known as 'Snapchat Celebrities'. Are they just people who flog stuff or make announcements over it or something.

Is this shíte spread all over Snapchat or is it more of a rarity in itself.

I don't follow any tbh....
(briefly followed the hurling banter page off Facebook. ..but was too much talking/personal opinion and not enough hurling for my liking)


But I would follow certain farm organisation about sheep etc on it. ....guess if you just follow what interests you what harm....but doubt anyone takes snapchat celebs seriously???

MightyMc92

Hey guys, im having trouble with using snapchat on a vodafone n8.The toolbar at the bottom stays open and wont go away when sending a snap to someone, this means that I cant save the snap if I want to because the toolbar is always in the way. Does anyone know how to get rid of this toolbar? its driving me demented:mad:

tedpan

Murrisk wrote:

I spent one afternoon amused by Snapchat but quickly got bored. My mid-30s sister has been obsessed with it for the best part of a year now and shows no sign of losing interest. I just don't get it. I can envisage an artist doing something interesting and creative with it, but generally it is just so dull.

You need to have groups of friends or at least one friend on Snapchat for it to be worthwhile. Having your sister on it is definitely not recommended and probably why you were immediately bored.