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jay_neyer on May 1, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

I think he's referring to lot of people that spend their time mindlessly sifting through their smartphone in order to avoid eye contact with a stranger.

cdcarter on May 1, 2014 [–]

And also that if someone sees you "selfie"-ing you will likely feel silly, whereas Messenger isn't as publicly silly.

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