Snapchat was released back in 2011 and has since taken the world by storm. It gave Instagram a run for its money, allowing people to send pictures directly to friends. Instagram tried to retaliate with a direct message update, but it was no match to Snapchat. The same thing happened with snapchat stories and geofilters, which are way cooler than Instagram stories in my opinion. Then Snapchat started group messaging and video chatting, taking a hit at iMessage and FaceTime. How dare they!

Gone are the days of texting now that snapchat has become the go-to app for messaging. For some reason, people would rather send photos of their faces with short captions rather than text or call someone to pass on information. It makes little sense when you think about it considering you get limited space to type (unless you know the hacks of adding in blank spaces), a maximum of 10 seconds to read it, and you can’t go back to see it. If you have their snapchat, you probably also have their phone number, if not, you should have it. It’s much easier to just send a text, but this doesn’t seem to be the mindset. Most people are probably thinking: why send a text when you’re already going for that 100 day streak with someone? Hmm… maybe because you can’t actually hold a decent conversation over snapchat.

Today all people care about is getting the message across, it doesn’t matter how they do it or what platform they choose to communicate by. Some people probably don’t even think about this or realize that it could cause a problem. But for those of us who consider ourselves Grade A responders, it gets a bit annoying, especially when people decide to ghost you and open your message, but don't bother to respond. There is no button to turn off read receipts, so we know you saw our message. Plus, you ruin the streak if you don’t reply, so that one is on you.

Sorry for the rant, I just had to get it out there. Snapchat is not the same thing as iMessage. If you want to talk, text me. If you’re going to snap me first, respond back to my snaps. Don’t play dumb and act like you forgot to answer even though you posted a story 20 minutes later. I’m over it.

What happened to good ‘ole fashion texting?

By the way, I’m still waiting for a response.