In Taylor Lorenz\u2019s article \u201cSnapchat Wants You to Post. It\u2019s Willing to Pay Millions\u201d shespeaks mainly on Snapchat\u2019s new in-app feature Spotlight. She persistently mentions how average users have made thousands of dollars by going viral on the platform. Through many interviews with people who have made a generous amount of money, she shows how people\u2019s average lives have changed. The article emphasized just how strongly the feature Spotlight impacted not only the creators on the platform but also an in-depth look at their lives before and after going viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Theough reading this article it made me rethink the way I use social media. On one side it showed me that I could make the time I spend scrolling become time I spend at an attempt to go viral. The thing about that is that I don\u2019t necessarily want to. Even within the source it was kind of shown how it takes work and effort to upkeep the virality of your content. Continusously having to be online and keep an online presence seems exhausting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My experience playing Fakey was just ok. I didn\u2019t understand it at first, but once I did I kept feel the need to fact check things even if it seemed plausible. It took me a few tries to get a score I was happier with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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