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		archagon on April 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don’t record your social life on an append-only so... People will wade through all sorts of terrible UI if their friends (or people they like) are using the app. See Snapchat.

anonu on April 14, 2023 [–]

Snapchat is centralized.

Also, I wouldn't call the Snapchat UI terrible. I would call it difficult for first time users. This creates a "buy in" effect with users... Lots of powerful tools have this concept, similar to the Bloomberg terminal.

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