I live in a world where my two bosses, women in their early 40’s (which is by no means over the hill, to be clear) are on Snapchat.
Yes, Kate De Brito, my Editor-in-Chief and Mia Freedman, overarching boss-lady and knower of all things creative are on Snapchat.
So are my colleagues Monique Bowley, Rosie Waterland, the women I sit next to at work, the bright and alarmingly perky editorial assistants and my 17-year-old baby sitter.
And I just can’t.
No, truly. I can’t.
I’m at peak social media.
I have Facebook, and Twitter and Instagram, and Whatsapp and Messenger and Skype. I potentially even have a much neglected and slowly dying Google Plus account, but does that even bear mentioning?
I’m hashtag tired and hashtag can’t be fucked.
I have no room in my life for My Story, for badly shot videos of concerts or coffees or cross eyed faces on public transport or for, god forbid blurry dick pics.
Do I have to?
Okay. Truth time. I had Snapchat in its early years. I enthusiastically sent dumb photos with poorly constructed captions to my unsuspecting friends in 2013.
Yes. I come from a time when Snapchat was affectionately referred to as Snatchchat, and used primarily as a sexting app.
I was on Snapchat before Snapchat was cool.
I Snapchatted my kid refusing to wear pants, and my live responses to Eurovision and the Federal Election results that year.
Top Comments
Honestly it just seems like another app for people who need constant attention and validation and I find it just so tiresome. Don't people have IMPORTANT crap they have to do in their day instead of annoying people with pointless stuff?
I am technically on Snapchat. My sister pestered me into installing it. She sends me funny pics sometimes and I text her to reply, because I can't figure out how to send a text-only reply on Snapchat...if you even can. I have never felt older in my life than when I couldn't figure out how to use this stupid app!
I never open it unless my sister sends me something. I have Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and I don't feel like I need any other social media. I don't even know what WhatsApp is.