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“this gives me an opportunity to talk about Snapchat which I don't talk much about...the streaks, which is where, you know, they'll tell you, 'Oh, you know, you have a two-day streak with this person. don't break the streak, you better send them something today...That's an example of a feature that is only done to addict and compel them to stay on. It is an evil feature.”

Snapchat is heavily criticized for addictive features like streaks that compel teenagers to use the app compulsively, and for using location tracking that creates FOMO.

“design, people aren't going to use it there was a filter on Snapchat called a YOLO filter that basically overlaid on the video you were posting the number of miles per hour that you're going and so they basically created a filter that incentivizes people to take videos at a high miles per hour”

Guest criticizes Snapchat for using persuasive design features like YOLO filter and streaks that incentivize dangerous behavior and addiction in children.

“There's no question about that, right? And his vision for Snapchat and what he's executed,”

Praised as a product vision executed excellently by its founder despite poor shareholder returns.