[New post] “Snapchat’s Snapstreaks are about to get more flexible — for a fee” by Jon Porter

jaydiaz2013 posted: " A look at the interface for restoring streaks. | Image: Snap Snapstreaks, a Snapchat feature that tracks how long you've been trading daily snaps with a friend, are about to get a little more forgiving. In a short blog post, the co" Technopreneurph "Snapchat's Snapstreaks are about to get more flexible — for a fee" by Jon Porter jaydiaz2013 Mar 2 A look at the interface for restoring streaks. | Image: Snap Snapstreaks, a Snapchat feature that tracks how long you've been trading daily snaps with a friend, are about to get a little more forgiving. In a short blog post, the company says it's testing the option to let users restore broken streaks. "Starting today, we're making it easier to take a break with a new feature we're testing to let you reignite the spark and restore one Streak for free with just one tap," it writes. The keen eyed may have spotted a key qualifier in Snap's sentence, which is that the company is saying you'll currently only be able to restore a single streak for free. After the first restore, TechCrunch reports that users will have to pay $0.99 per streak. And if you want to be able to freely pause streaks when you know you're going to be busy or without an internet connection, then a "freeze" feature is coming to Snapchat Plus, the company's $3.99 premium subscription launched last year. That feature is "coming soon," Snap says. "Restore one Streak for free with just one tap" Combined, it sounds like the new features are Snap's attempt to monetize one of Snapchat's most engaging features (and so following a trend in social media companies that includes Twitter's subscription push and Meta's paid verification). In 2019, Snapchat users we spoke to were so keen to keep streaks going they'd even emailed the company to try and restore them. And, at the time at least, Snap was sometimes happy to oblige. News of Snap's plans to charge users to restore streaks was reported ahead of its official announcement by Business Insider. The feature's launch comes less than a year after the company laid off 20 percent of its workforce as it attempts to contend with a falling share price and broader economic uncertainty. As of the end of January, Snap said over two million of its users were paying for Snapchat Plus, which includes features like pinning conversations with a chosen contact to the top of your inbox and unique app icons. source https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23621747/snapchat-snapstreaks-restore-freeze-premium-features Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Technopreneurph. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://technopreneurph.wordpress.com/2023/03/02/snapchats-snapstreaks-are-about-to-get-more-flexible-for-a-fee-by-jon-porter/

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