This article is about how Snapchat are now facing difficulties by keeping all of their customers satisfied because of the fact that they show 'soft porn' on their discover section of the app. Some of the audience don't like seeing things as like this because it's either sexist or unappropriate as there may be younger audiences going through the app. Snapchat has faced many different such as lawsuits but now they have been solved by the court and everything is cleared. To prevent this from causing anymore problems to themselves and the audience, they are now working towards making settings where if the audience wishes to view content that is 18+ as mentioned by the Snap spokeswomen to the article. In addition, at first, some people didn't mind seeing soft porn but one day, they 'crossed the line' because they were almost representing women in a discriminating manner and therefore, the audience didn't like that since it was sexist and downgrading to the women society.
- “Usually, I just put up with it, but a few weeks ago, a definite line was crossed”, she said: “The image was of a completely nude female on the top … The picture was taken from the side, so you can’t see the nipples but her breasts were dangling over her boyfriend who she was mounting. She was dressed on the bottom and I believe her boyfriend was completely dressed.”
- Toeing the line between keeping Snapchat age appropriate for younger users – the app bars children from under 13 from making accounts, but allows 13- to 17-year-olds on the service – and allowing publications on Discover editorial freedom has been difficult for the company, particularly when media organisations know one way to appeal to the app’s millennial user base is with prominent use of risqué images.
In my opinion, I believe that what Snapchat are going to be doing to their application is a great idea and is showing that they are very responsible. Considering, that a fraction of their audience do not like the fact that there is soft porn shown on the discovery section of the application and now they are going to do something which will satisfies them makes them seem very responsible. They have seen that they were wrong to some extent and may have hurt some of the users feelings but now they are acting up towards it shows that they are a very good large company and will do anything to satisfy their customers and users by changing the setting and adding new ones so that the users can adjust to their own suitability.
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