Do you know about WhatsApp and Snapchat?

Did you know that young people are leaving Facebook in droves? That is what The Global Social Media Impact Study found when it surveyed 16 to 18-year-olds in eight countries for fifteen months. WhatsApp has overtaken Facebook as the number one way to send messages. Matthew Sparkes writes at The Telegraph that

Snapchat has gained in popularity in recent months by allowing users to send images which “self-destruct” after a short period on the recipients phone in order to maintain privacy.

Snapchat claims that 350 million images are sent every day, and reportedly recently turned down a $3 billion (£1.8 billion) acquisition offer from Facebook. Co-founder Evan Spiegel, who lives at home with his father despite an estimated net worth of $3 billion, last month told The Telegraph that “deleting should be the default”.

Researchers found that close friends were using Snapchat to communicate, while WhatsApp was used with acquaintances and Twitter broadcasted indiscriminately to anyone who chose to follow that person.

I'll stick to blogging.