Snapchat CEO Posts Weird Low-Resolution Video Explaining What The Heck Is Snapchat

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is a billionaire (on paper at least) and teens are in love with his company. But many older people, or, if you prefer, millennials, or if you prefer, snake people, they still don’t get it. Why do kids always take so many photos with these new Fang camera phones? To explain, Spiegel sat down and recorded a rather grim and philosophical lecture, with visual aids, showing exactly why Snapchat is now.

In the past, photos were difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. So we use them to store only our most important memories. Today, you can stream videos of your life 24/7, using just a smartphone, for children to exchange pictures in the same way that the elderly used to “talk” to IRL. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then our children are incredibly rich or stupid.

Stop meeting, never stop communicating

This is part of the broader evolution of social media, Spiegel explains. Social media started on this outdated machine called a “desktop computer” and it was all about accumulation: friends, likes, photos, testimonials, followers. Little by little we realized that while this behavior was satisfying, it can be addictive, it also fooled us with mountains of digital baggage, evidence that could one day be used against us.

That’s why young people have embraced Snapchat, says Spiegel, where users can communicate in real time, can record a short 24-hour cycle of their lives, but rest assured that everything will quickly fall apart. Why did you shoot a 240p video where the images and text are barely visible? Because images are the new speaker and the lower the quality, the greater the intimacy.

We tried to explain the Snapchat phenomenon. You can listen to that conversation below.

And now the last word on this subject.

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