WHY I DON’T WANT TO BE ON SNAPCHAT

Of all the people I follow on Instagram I think 70% posts pics captioned: “Want to see more? Follow me on Snapchat!” it drives me nuts. It’s the very reason I don’t have Snapchat and I plan to keep it that way but I still feel I’m missing out on a few things. People keep asking me why I’m not on Snapchat, I’m one of the few people, there are a few others at work, who work online but isn’t on Snapchat.

Now I am the first to admit I have refused to use Instagram for years and, like all of us, at one point crossed the line and now I can’t do without. A little over two years ago I was having dinner with my friends both fanatic Instagrammers, I still had my hands full with Twitter and even the thought of managing another account stressed me out. So I held the fort so to speak. But eventually I started and the more I liked Instagram the more I neglected my Twitter account. Now my Twitter is as good as dead and the only thing I do once in a while is retweet.

” Another reason is I don’t understand the app. And even though it’s been explained to me numerous times by different people for me it’s still a mind boggler.”

This is a very good reason to stick to Instagram because I’m still having such a good time. Yet another reason is I don’t understand the app. And even though it’s been explained to me numerous times by different people for me it’s still a mind boggler. The information that sticks is that some of the pics and videos stay visible because they’re stories, some things are only visible for a few seconds and you can’t see how many followers you have and all the stuff you put on is allowed to be ugly. Something like that.

Look, I understand there are good things you can say about Snapchat. We display the best versions of our lives on Instagram while really keeping up appearances. Even if your life is a mess there’s always a filter to cover this up. Snapchat doesn’t have that; pics and videos are allowed to be crappy because it disappears anyway. And you can’t see how many followers you have so it takes away the status symbol. But still, I don’t want it.

“A digital revolution; nobody told me it was going to be fun.”

Sometimes I’m ashamed by the fact I pretend to be all digital and stuff but actually keep big digital stull at arms length. Never in my life have I pinned on Pinterest, don’t know how to post a video on YouTube, wouldn’t even know where to find Google Plus, Snapchat is too complicated and now there’s Periscope which I move to the sidelines as well. So I will tell you this one more time: I’m not going to use Snapchat. Maybe one day Amayzine.com will open an account “because we have to” but it’s not going to happen for @LiesbethRasker.

Ha you’ll see in a years time I’ll have skipped Instagram and will be posting all my daily junk on Snapchat. Don’t think I have what you call a spine. A digital revolution; nobody told me it was going to be fun.