In the article “Snapchat Wants You to Post. It’s Willing to Pay Millions” by Taylor Lorenz, Snapchat is trying to get more people to post by offering money. The app has been losing out to popular platforms like TikTok and Instagram, so Snapchat introduced Spotlight Challenges. These challenges allow users to make money by posting videos based on certain themes or trends. Snapchat hopes this will encourage more people to use the app and post regularly. While the idea of paying users is exciting, some people are worried about whether it’s fair and if Snapchat can keep paying out such large amounts long term.
When I think about my own social media use, I mostly browse apps like Instagram and TikTok, but I rarely post anything myself. Snapchat has always felt more like a private messaging app for me, so I don’t use it for public posts. Hearing about getting paid to post makes me think I might be more motivated to create content, but I also feel like it could make social media feel less fun and more like work. Playing Fakey has made me more view things careful about what I share. Even though Snapchat’s offer sounds tempting, I probably wouldn’t change my habits too much and I would just be more aware of why people might post certain things for money.
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Well for starters the title of the conversation is fire it captures the idea of what the article was about without saying to little or two much. In you summary I would have liked to see a deeper summary I just feel like its too vague and blunt to summarize the whole article. Me and you are different when it comes to social media use given the fact you use all those apps and I only have instagram.
Hi Jason
..But anyways ..maybe one day.
I really like your essay and the part where you talk about your own use of social media is very relatable .
I mostly feel like going online is work especially when it comes to replying texts…Sometimes , its just very draining .
Sometimes I want to make content too…but …I’ll say that’s not my field
If u ever decide to make content though, you already have one follower .