1. The Snap-Ranters

Everyone has their own problems. Life is not a walk in the park for anyone and it is important to not bottle up those feelings. But there are healthy ways to release built up rage, anxiety, and depression. Social media is not the healthiest option. Many people online discuss how ranting on social media does more harm than good. Makes sense, since we as online users try to one-up one another with selfies and trendy tweets. A dopamine boost happens in the brain when we get a lot of recognition to our posts. But people are not always going to be rushing over wanting to help.

I am going, to be honest, I do not want to see your rant on how your life is depressing right now. Or some built up drama. I have some built up anxiety and depression myself and I don't want to be reminded about it. And obviously, as a friend, I want to help you and will. But the effort has to be made both ways. If the person asking for help won't put in the effort, then what's the point of trying to help them? Also, side note: We don't get a lot of time, to begin with, so what makes you think I can read an entire paragraph in 10 seconds? I've seen a lot of these types of snaps as I got to college and I can tell you I wish these types of people the best but don't use snap as an outlet.

2. The People Who Record Everything 

We live in a digital world obviously. We always have our phones in our pockets, our laptops are always listening to our conversations for advertisements, and there are CCTV cameras all over to protect communities and record crimes. And while I can accept that this is the modern world, It doesn't mean I want every moment of my life recorded. Once I got to college, I obviously had to add them on Snapchat. And like mentioned earlier, I can't stand the depressed rants. Another thing I cannot stand is Keeping up with the Kardashian wannabes that record their entire life like a reality show. But you're probably wondering why do I even fuss about it when I can just not watch the snap?

Well before I discovered the glorious power of muting stories, the subject's posts would pop up on the homepage. And during the day other people add to their story so it wouldn't be annoying. But at the end of the, I would like to have a fresh, cleared home page. And I can't have that when there are a full 35 snaps left for one person. So, I have to sit there for a solid two minutes, waiting for the snap to load and then skipping a stockpile before having to wait for the new batch to load. I've gotten this from college dorm mates to even family! But thankfully I discovered muting stories and I couldn't be happier.

3. The American Idol Wannabes

Originally, you could only post 10 seconds of a story on a snap before it cut off and you having to start re-recording. Sometimes this would become an annoyance as we could miss that awesome moment because the snap cut out before it got really good. So, Snapchat decided to fix this by allowing users to continue recording additional snaps without it cutting out right away. This opened the floodgates for the dreaded sing along snaps.

Look, someone, I know on Snap loves to sing. There is absolutely nothing wrong with singing, that isn't the issue. The issue arises when singing along to musicals or rap songs. Recording yourself singing High Hopes by Panic! At the Disco is cute. What isn't cute is singing along to an entire five-minute scene from Mamma Mia 2! Someone I follow does this often. Like more often then I would like. And I don't mean to call out this individual but it's a similar issue to the people who record everything. I don't want to sit there and just watch you record the music while singing along to it for two minutes.

Obviously, I have the option to just tap the screen to skip to the next snap. But the problem here is that my finger gets tired. I seriously cannot describe to you how many times I had to tap my finger trying to just get the story off my feed. And I don't want to just mute this person, because this isn't happening every night or something like that. If you are one of these people, please understand that snapchat isn't like Facebook or Instagram. I can't simply just scroll past it and not be reminded about it later on. Again, it's cool to do a quick ten-second snap filming yourself in a mosh pit jamming out. Screaming your head off singing the lyrics of your favorite jam. But maybe it's best to just leave it in the mosh pit.

4. The Double Posters

You've seen this mentioned in other websites, but people still do it. Double Posting. When I am sent a snap, I personally feel really appreciative. "Wow someone really wants to include me at this moment they are sharing." So, after witnessing this, having just put a smile on my face. I return to Snapchat's main page to discover the same person who shared their moment with just posted it to their story. And this isn't just personal snaps, my mom is terrible. She shares practically every snap from the family group chat to her story.

She wants to make sure the people she is not following get to see the snap, but I always respond by telling her that she should follow those people. I just feel like some people overdo the snap sharing. Like mentioned earlier it's a dopamine boost but not everyone is going to care about every snap you publish. Some snaps should be just sent to the people you know will have a reaction or will respond to it.

5. The People Who Screenshot Songs

This is simply a minor annoyance. I don't know who started this trend, but I would like it to end. I love listening to music. I can't walk anywhere on campus without putting my headphones in and pretending I am listening to the soundtrack of my own film. But I am not that well versed in song names and stuff like that. So, when someone posts on their story their screenshot of the song they are listening to on Apple Music, I just sit there wondering: "What am I supposed to do?"

I could go look up the song and listen to it to myself, but I do not like being recommended music. I like gradually discovering new music. Besides a lot of the time, people are sending screenshots of music genres I am not a fan of. Again, this is a minor annoyance, I simply just tap away as fast as possible when I see it.