http://fortune.com/2015/04/02/snapchat-transparency-report/
After watching Peter Vlemmix’s 2012 documentary Panopticon and reading Tad Friend’s article Hollywood and Vine, I came across this article from Fortune magazine that talks about the latest fad in the social media world, Snapchat. The article talks about the privacy issues dealing with the well known app and also the reasons why every big name social media website wants to buy them.
Dealing with privacy issues, Snapchat is an app where people can send pictures to their friends for only a certain amount of seconds and then it disappears “forever.” People are starting to realize that this actually might not be the case due to hackers and possibly government intel. In agreeance with Panopticon, this validates how even though advancements in technology have their many pros, there are also some cons. Cons include how our personal privacy is slowly disappearing and people need to start becoming more aware of what they are doing on the internet and know when and when not to share certain things.
Based on the Hollywood and Vine article, in the year Snapchat has been around, it has changed tremendously. Snapchat has become one of the most used versions of social media. Now, companies like People Magazine, CNN, and ESPN use the app to sponsor themselves and when big events like the Final Four are going on, Snapchat is your app to get the latest updates. People are turning to Snapchat as a new source of communication and news outlet.
This was a really interesting read. I’ve noticed how much snapchat has evolved and its really surprising to look back on. For many apps there is a big influx of activity when they first come out and then they drop off and people forget about them, but snapchat has become one of those “staple” apps on people’s phones along with twitter, Facebook, etc. I think its interesting that its beginning to make itself an equal with many other forms of social media by adding the feature of news media within the form of snapchat