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Sure the bulk of their users are young, but several of the people I follow are betweeen 28 and 45.

It's not like Snapchat is an esoteric thing. Using it can be a function of how outgoing and expressive you are. Or if you have some purpose.

The same reason you post on Hacker News is why people post on Snapchat -- to interact with others.

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Posting on HN (or reddit, or...) will never die, because you get to correct people who are wrong on the internet. Snap not so much...

I don't think that's quite right. Snapchat does have a chat feature which allows you to essentially send feedback on peoples snaps/stories, so you could absolutely tell people they're wrong for making some statement.

I think it was a joke.

Sure, but it's far from part of a community discussion. There is no such thing as a snapchat community, just contact lists.

It also depends on whether you have friends that use Snapchat. I'm 24 and a college senior, so within the right age group, but none of my friends use Snapchat. It's only fun if you have friends who use it.

What do you/they use on a regular basis?

Most of my friends chat with either Google Hangouts or good old SMS

But do you think their actual sources of revenue (all the ads and paid stories) are focused towards older people? From what I've seen, it's mostly gossip and stories aimed towards younger people.

fb started out with younger ppl, and then gradually older ppl got on, tell now when like my feed is blown up by my grandma.

Oy, that. Honestly, with all their algos I'm confused why Facebook lets one friend cover my entire feed in Shah Rukh Khan. I don't even know who SRK is!

He is one of the most popular actors in Indian film industry, Bollywood.

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