Don’t get too comfortable assuming that Snapchat will remove your online presence as you go. Snapchat does notify the user when this happens, although there are ways to get around this. There has also always been the ability to screenshot images. Unfortunately, it is no longer as simple as this and there are numerous third party apps which can intercept “Snaps”, as well as in-app purchases available to replay them. As a result of videos and images disappearing so did your online footprint which has long been a cause of anxiety for many people. Where you may not have wanted a jokey post to be on your ‘permanent record’, Snapchat provided a way to make a one-off joke exactly that. It opened up a whole new way of way communicating. This innovative approach to sharing media became an almost overnight success for a few good reasons. Facebook raced to release a competing application called “Poke” but took it down two years later. It has a unique feature which makes photos and videos you share disappear after a short period of time.
Snapchat is a social media network which is free to download and use. Snapchat founded an innovative approach to sharing social media Snapchat has quickly become one of the most popular social networks in the world.
