{"id":6083,"date":"2016-08-17T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2016-07-05T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:33:23","slug":"linked-snapchats-teen-fans-wince-as-app-catches-on-with-their-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/linked-snapchats-teen-fans-wince-as-app-catches-on-with-their-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat\u2019s Teen Fans Wince as App Catches On With Their Folks&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/snapchats-teen-fans-grumble-as-app-catches-on-with-their-folks-1467661872\">via WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking,\u201d said Mr. Zeikos, an 18-year-old university student in Manchester, England. \u201cMost people who use Snapchat are in my generation, so it\u2019s bizarre to see someone older use Snapchat.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Part of the article mentioned that advertisers like to market to teens instead of adults. I\u2019m not in advertising but I really don\u2019t know why this is. if I saw something cool when I was 17, I asked my parents for money. When I see something cool at 29, I buy it with my own money w\/o having to ask permission. Wouldn\u2019t they want me buying their product?<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Snapchat wouldn\u2019t have this \u2018old people\u2019 problem if they instead took money from users and not advertisers. All of the free-loader teens would go away and Snapchat might actually become a great place. Adults can afford $5 a year for social networking, teens can \/ will not spend that kind of money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via WSJ: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking,\u201d said Mr. Zeikos, an 18-year-old university student in Manchester, England. \u201cMost people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-30T23:17:01Z","apple_news_api_id":"251c8e7a-ce28-45de-80b4-a25c205b0016","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-30T23:17:01Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJRyOes4oRd6AtKJcIFsAFg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1A7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6570,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/20\/linked-snapchat-plays-hard-to-get-with-celebrities-and-influencers\/","url_meta":{"origin":6083,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat Plays Hard to Get With Celebrities and Influencers&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via NYTimes: Snapchat does not cater to these groups. Instead of having celebrities and influencers make product placements on the service, Snapchat tightly controls its ads, which must meet a high bar, according to advertisers. The ads are typically designed to mirror the look and the feel of videos and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5485,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/02\/23\/linked-snapchat-like-the-teens\/","url_meta":{"origin":6083,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat like the teens&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Kottke: Fluid identity, check. I have had the same email address and username on any and all new services since the 90s. This is incredibly revealing. I haven\u2019t seen anyone use this tool before except a few YouTube videos on what it is and I\u2019m amazed at how teens\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6016,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/linked-snapchat-launches-a-colossal-expansion-of-its-advertising\/","url_meta":{"origin":6083,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat Launches a Colossal Expansion of Its Advertising&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via AdWeek: With the rollout of Snap Ads Between Stories, Snapchat is promising once again to avoid pelting users with marketing messages. \"By doing this the right way, focused on creativity and doing it early, it allows us to be extraordinarily conservative,\" says Sellis. \"Something that I think often gets\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4262,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/10\/03\/linked-snapchat-murders-facebook\/","url_meta":{"origin":6083,"position":3},"title":"Linked: Snapchat Murders Facebook","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via YouTube: it was a well done video and honestly, until now I didn\u2019t really know what SnapChat was. 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