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O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:09:53 GMT

Hi guys,

I have been discussing with @Marjo about the possibility of O2 (or even just the O2 Community) having a Snapchat account.

Here are some of the reasons why I think it is a good idea:

It is a good way for O2 to interact with its customers.
It has been popular for numerous celebrities and TV shows and helps to up their profiles.
It would bring O2 more into the 21st century.
It's fun.
It's safe and no personal information would be exchanged.
It is less formal.

If you already use Snapchat, would you be happy for O2 to join?

If you don't currently use Snapchat, would you consider getting it if O2 joined?

Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:16:05 GMT

I used SnapChat for a few months and even though I thought the features were interesting I personally found the App to be slightly heavy on Data Usage and was a battery hog.

That said I can't think of any initial reasons why not.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:35:49 GMT

Hey @gemz4the1 ! Great idea!

Sounds interesing... I don't use snapchat as much as other apps...but mainly because my friends don't use it.

It would be great if you could show us an specific example to see how it could be useful for the community.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:14:30 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Basically, if a person or business signs up to Snapchat, they can send snapchats or stories to people who they add or who have added them (known as friends).

A snapchat is a picture or video that is taken by the user and can have text added to it. A snapchat can be viewed by friends for a variable time between 3 and 10 seconds. A story is a snapchat that a user can post for all of their 'friends' to see for 24 hours.

I know a tv show that uses snapchat to interact with its viewers. It sends out snapchats every day of teasers for the next episode. Some celebrities also use it to send pics to people, which is similar to Twitter.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:27:31 GMT

Thanks for the example @gemz4the1

I love the idea, have you speak with any other community members about it?

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:33:17 GMT

O2 are already on Snapchat using the name o2uk.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

jonsie — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:52:04 GMT

Wht would you want to send a video or photo that can only be viewed for seconds? If they are that private or risqué maybe they shouldn't be sent at all. There again screen shot negates the privacy...

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:12:29 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
O2 are already on Snapchat using the name o2uk.

I was not aware of this @Anonymous - it is an official username of O2 as admin were not aware of this?

My suggestion was aimed more at the O2 Community joining.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

viridis — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:45:47 GMT

You mean the O2 community as in admins?
I can't see how Snapchat would be beneficial to a tech forum, I can probably guess which type of shows use Snapchat but that's because it appeals to the majority of viewers (15-25, Facebook following, fanatics) but o2 community?
Why?

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

viridis — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:47:34 GMT

I'd also not use the word "safe" to describe Snapchat, nor would the parents of those underage girls who's naked photos got leaked because of a 3rd party exploit in the destruction system.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:14:06 GMT

Thank you for your opinion @viridis

This was only a suggestion. Obviously if members are not happy with it then it will not happen.

I admit there are some negative views of snapchat and many people do use snapchat for things like that, but myself and the people that I have on my snapchat are not the type of people who send pictures like that. The majority of people use snapchat for its main intention, which is to send random, innocent and silly pictures to eachother. My last snapchat was of my cup of tea in a Starbucks mug - that's how exciting mine are lol

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

viridis — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:17:04 GMT

Exactly the point in my first post.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Toby — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:19:33 GMT

Its a lovely idea @gemz4the1 , but I'm too sure if it would be possible for this community unfortunately in my personal view

Keep the wacky ideas coming everyone, as there are lots of options out there

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:26:01 GMT

Ok I admit defeat - I guess it isn't a good idea. Thank you for everyones opinions.

....time to get my thinking cap back on.......

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:00:46 GMT

I personally can envision being endlessly 'spammed' by it if it was a Community thing, and that would very quickly become annoying.

Also I guess there may be the complexities of some people wanting to opt-out of (eg) Off-Topic related 'snaps' (is that the term?), and only getting the more serious ("can anyone help this user with this problem") type ones.

I'd imagine it would quickly become a headache to administer, but I admit I've never used it so could be talking complete twaddle.

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Cleoriff — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:16:18 GMT

It also goes beyond that @Anonymous

After Viridis commented last night, I checked online and found some stories about how this can be abused.

A real eye opener about various pictures circulating on the internet originating from Snapchat type apps

Not for me thanks...

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:37:09 GMT

I quite agree, if the developers could find a way of stopping your phone taking screenshots whilst the app was open as one the permissions, it would help with the problem, but it doesn't stop someone else taking a photo of the screen with their own phone/camera.

It's a big trust issue, especially with 'personal' pics. Though I'm sure no-one would want to do any anything subversive with the pics of Croissants we get on here!

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

MI5 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:39:15 GMT

Thankfully Toby has shown some common sense

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

jonsie — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:32:13 GMT

Thank heaven for that!

Re: O2 On Snapchat?

gemz4the1 — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:13:13 GMT

Maybe I forgot to mention that it'd be a one-way thing?

O2 admin could send the snapchats to its 'friends' aka the members, but members could not snapchat eachother.

But yes I understand your scepticism. I guess it is like marmite, not everyone will like it