Nathan Buckley, 14, got Snapchat and Instagram when he was only 10 years old, but he rarely ever posts on Snapchat and Instagram.

Without social media it would be very hard, to express things I’m very passionate about to others.” However, she does believe that Instagram is way more risky because way more people are on it, and can view her account without her even knowing. Guillemot is very passionate about modeling and her photography, “Social media is an outlet to practice on my modeling and photography skills. She would rather keep Instagram because it allows her to express her creativity with her modeling and photography. Guillemot also post on snapchat every single day, and post on Instagram 1-5 times a week. This experiment showed that although social media can be very dangerous, Instagram is definitely one of the most risky social networking apps, especially for teenagers and other young kids.įreshman Lutece Guillemot, 14, got Instagram and Snapchat when she was only in 6th grade, so around 11 years old. Also to show that someone screenshotted/re-posted it only allows you to see how many people screenshotted, re-posted, or shared with others and it doesn’t give you the information of the people who did it. However for Instagram, a post can stay on Instagram as long as you want and anyone can access it even if they are a complete stranger. When posting on Snapchat it only stays online for 24 hours, meaning after you post something on your story, it completely disappears on your account, it also gives you access to the people who screenshotted/re-posted. This social media experiment showed a lot. After 24 hours, notifications showed that more people screenshotted/posted the photo on Instagram than on Snapchat. After creating both of my accounts, I took a picture of my friend covering her face to cover her identity and posted the photo on my Instagram and Snapchat account. Last week, I created two anonymous accounts, one on Instagram and the other on Snapchat.

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