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The range of average minutes per day on the app is between 32 and 37 minutes. That's insane and honestly pretty sad, especially when you consider how few people only use snapchat. How much time is wasted across all the different social media apps?!

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Why do you think it's wasted? Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. Most people use it to message their friends, and communication with people you like is one of the key joys of living

I mean, how much time do you "waste" on HN? :)

Where is the line though? What is genuine enjoyment versus a dopamine hit, like a mouse pounding on the lever to get as much cocaine or electrical impulses possible? It’s all chemical reactions in the end I suppose (says my internal nihilist).

I think a key difference is that Snapchat is not a feed app. There's no endless scrolling to waste 30 minutes on to give you that dopamine hit. The time spent is mostly being spent as a messaging app I suspect if you look at the levels of use of app features. Do you think it's a problem to spend half an hour a day texting + sending pictures to people?

Not endless, but there is a feed of snap stories always.

Not if you don’t have any friends! Boom, problem solved.

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