Snapchat: Naughty, Goofy, Ethereal, Permanent or All of the Above?

Here and Gone

The photo app is social-media’s puberty: naughty or dorky fun without a permanent record. By Winston Ross.

Published Sep. 21 2013 5:45AM EDT

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A digital lifespan of 10 seconds. No record of your goofy selfie.

This is the promise of Snapchat, the mobile app that theoretically allows users to send whatever silly or ugly or dirty picture they want, to whomever they want, and never have it come back to haunt them, to leave...

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Snapchat: Naughty, Goofy, Ethereal, Permanent or All of the Above?

The photo app is social-media’s puberty: naughty or dorky fun without a permanent record. By Winston Ross.

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Winston Ross