“Although some parents and teachers are aware of the severity of this issue, many still don’t seem to understand how the platform functions.”— Willa Bennett, teenvogue.com
“Instagram filter, Snapchat filters. They're not fucking filters, they're masks.”— Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Grayson Wentz, Jeremy Culhane, imdb.com
“Behind the products we use every day there are people with access to highly sensitive customer data, who need it to perform essential work on the service. But, without proper protections in place, those same people may abuse it to spy on users' private information or profiles.”— Joseph Cox, vice.com
“One of the reasons advertisers were drawn to the Snapchat Discover platform was because the content was highly curated and reviewed for editorial quality. While we certainly understand the need to scale the amount of content and number of influencers featured in the Discover section to attract more…”— Kerry Perse, digiday.com
“In January, the cost per thousand impressions for an Instagram Stories ad was $4.62, while the interaction rate was 1 percent. For the 30 days to Aug. 16, the CPM for Instagram Stories was $5.53, while the interaction rate was 0.47 percent. The story here is that when a new placement shows up, peopl…”— Simon Lejeune, digiday.com
“I feel like the reason why people hated me so much is because they only saw a manufactured couple minutes of me.”— Spencer Pratt, time.com
“It’s really easy to spend millions of dollars if you’re not careful and you think it’s easy to keep making millions of dollars.”— Spencer Pratt, time.com
“There’s a strong likelihood that the redesign of our application will be disruptive to our business in the short term, and we don’t yet know how the behavior of our community will change when they begin to use our updated application.”— Evan Spiegel, variety.com
“Fake news, racism, sexism, terrorists spreading messages of hate, toxic content directed at children — parts of the Internet we have ended up with is a million miles from where we thought it would take us. It is in the digital media industry's interest to listen and act on this.”— Keith Weed, washingtonpost.com
“Snapchat is for kids and girls who want their life to be a reality show.”— Dan Bilzerian, twitter.com
“The right relationship isn’t one full of texting games and snap chat and liking pictures and tagging you in things. The right relationship won’t involve your phone much at all because you’re going to be with him.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“One of the complaints we've heard about social media is that photos and videos from your friends are mixed in with content from publishers and creators and influencers. But your friends aren't content. They're relationships. That's why today we're separating the 'social' from the 'media.”— Evan Spiegel, adage.com
“The jealousy I feel toward one of my nemeses is stoked by Snapchat. I see their snaps and want to punch their face a hundred times.”— Roxane Gay, twitter.com
“If he likes you, you won’t have to remind him you exist by blowing up his news feed. Snapping just to see if he looks at it. Posting on insta just to see if he likes it. If he likes you, you’ll be on his mind without you having to do anything at all.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“Ask your Snapchat audience to submit questions about your business, and find employees (that aren’t camera shy) to answer them in short videos.”— Jared Shelly, curalate.com
“Emojis, filters and text are your friends. Big time. If companies can make customers feel like a friend sent them a snap — not a business — it’ll feel much more natural and will likely drive more engagement.”— Jared Shelly, curalate.com
“Don’t overthink your content. Use Snapchat as a place to refine the ideas you want to test or that you don’t have a home for anywhere else. Some of the best content is the least complicated.”— Mark Renfree, prnewsonline.com
“You can tell stories though separate snaps, but make sure that each is a stand-alone, shareable moment.”— Mark Renfree, prnewsonline.com