24. "A Growing App Let's You See It, Then You Don't"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/technology/snapchat-a-growing-app-lets-you-see-it-then-you-dont.html?pagewanted=2&ref=technology&_r=0

Jenna Wortham wrote an article on February 8 to the New York Times. Wortham begins talking about a new, popular app called Snapchat. This app allows you to send pictures and within seconds they are destroyed. This has become popular for that reason, the fact that they don't have pictures that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Many Facebook users are beginning to complain on all the advertising Facebook has. Snapchat has mainly become known as a way teenagers can send bad pictures with one another, without it haunting them back later. It has been shared through Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter which attracted even more users. Also, it is a more intimate way of communicating, showing emotions and not only words. However, since the age of the majority of users from Snapchat are young it has create somewhat of a problem due to the amount of negative content among them.

Wortham does a great job of explaining the situation at hand. She gives the reader well researched information about the application that continues to grow in the amount of users. This article can also help parents be more aware of their children's choices when dealing with a mobile device. The problem with this application is that none of the data is saved therefore young adults don't think twice before doing something that they should not do, which Wortham does a good job of showing to the reader.