

Sometimes it’s pathetic how hard someone tries to further advance their snapscore. The obsession with achieving a high snapscore is too much.

The higher the snapscore, the more popular someone is, and vice versa. What is a snapscore ? A snapscore is the amount of ‘snaps’ sent or received. Teens are compelled to respond to streaks no matter the person. The more streaks had with popular kids seems better. Having a streak for one year shows two people are great friends. Streaks show how well of friends two people are. I have to post this on my story!” Streaks are how many days two people have sent a snap back a forth with each other. Snap scores are not that big of a deal, but the idea of having a higher number is wanted by many teens.” It becomes a competition to get a better snap score but it’s just a number that tracks how many snap you send and receive. Middle schoolers obsess about how high their snap score is simply because a higher snap score means you have more people to talk to on snap. Being clueless young teenagers, they will add them back to “get their snapscore up” as a joke. Strangers can add anyone by a quick search. Strangers are one of the most feared things on social media. Since Snapchat is viewed as a trendy app, kids will beg their parents to allow them to have it and never take no for an answer. Ghost mode is another form of sharing location which means Snapchat has access to a person’s location, but no one else can see it, which seems just as pointless. This also shows when a person was last active on Snapchat, which can hurt some people if their snaps are ignored. Sharing locations while at school can also be dangerous in specific situations. While this feature can be shut off, it is scary to see what some people may do if they get a hold of a certain person’s location. The location can either be seen when on the app or can be shared always. Sharing location is something that can be done on Snapchat. Social media seems fun until the dangers rise to the surface. Even understanding how dangerous Snapchat is, it seems like an addiction once downloaded that can’t be stopped. When someone doesn’t have Snapchat, they are viewed as lame or uncool and are just ignored from now on. No, not “what’s your number?” just Snapchat.

“Hey, can I get your snap?” The first thing asked after having a conversation with another teenager.
