Let's Be Real: Snapchat Is Totally Used For Sexting [View all]

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When we first heard about Snapchat, the photo-sharing app that lets you set how long the recipient can view a picture for, we immediately thought that it must be used for sexting.

Sexting is the practice of sending nude or revealing photos of one's self to others.

Here's how it works: You take a picture, set how long your friend can view it for, and send it. After your friend sees it, the photo is gone forever.

Snapchat launched in September 2011 and has since seen incredible growth.

It is now used more than 30 million times a day by millions of users. On Thanksgiving, Snapchat's peak photo-posting rate was four times that of Instagram: Users sent 1,000 photos per second. It also currently sits at the No. 3 spot in the free category of the iTunes store.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-growth-sexting-2012-11