Not exact matches
While other
platforms like Facebook and Instagram also have a larger user base (1.39 billion and 300 million users, respectively),
Snapchat is still the destination for photo and
video sharing.
The
video installations feature female sea creatures, similarly overwrought by their environments: one a mermaid expelling oil - like substances from a tangle of detritus; another, inspired by selfie
videos shared on social media
platforms, poses for the camera, her face and body layered with
Snapchat - like filters and special effects.
The photo and
video sharing app removed the content - focused original
Snapchat Channel a couple of weeks ago from its Discover
platform with a promise of re-launch.
Messenger then finally diverged from the
Snapchat playbook in 2015 by launching a developer
platform to let you
share GIFs, augmented photos and
video clips via apps like Giphy, PingTank and ESPN.
Instagram has revamped its direct message feature to make it easier to send photos and
videos to users you follow on the image
sharing platform, and has added the ability to send temporary, disposable photos or
videos, borrowing yet another feature from
Snapchat.
The Facebook
Snapchat cloning strategy kicked off in August 2016 when the company debuted the disappearing Stories format on its photo and
video sharing platform Instagram, clearly the most natural home for the clone.
There are a number of emerging social media
platforms — like
Snapchat (mobile
video and images
shared for 24 hours or less) and Periscope (live
video broadcast worldwide)-- that are growing in both recognition and use across industries, especially by Generation Z, and will only increase in value each year.