Speedometer on a selfie app - why?

[iceberg]

i don't get it. what's the point of putting a speedometer on a selfie app?

 

[MonsterD]

To be cool.

 

[iceberg]

To be cool.

wonder if the 17 year old in ICU thinks she's still cool. or if the uber driver she plowed into thinks "wow, that's cool but i'll sue now..."

 

[DallasEast]

The safety disclaimer, Please, DO NOT Snap and drive, is hilarious. Who will most likely capture a moment on their cell showing how fast they are traveling? The driver or a passenger? Which of the two require their total attention while traveling inside the vehicle?

The app manufacturer desires less (or zero) liability if the driver's attention is diverted by their product. Of course, app users most likely wanting to show off how fast they're going are driving. I can see the inside of the courtroom...

Prosecutor: Is your product very popular?
App Exec: Yes, it is very popular.
Prosecutor: How many people use your product?
App Exec: Our product has millions of users.
Prosecutor: It's safe to say many of your millions of users drive, correct?
App Exec attorney: Objection. Leading the witness.
Judge: Sustained. Please restate the question.
Prosecutor: How many of your users drive?
App Exec: It's hard to say. All kinds of people download our product.
Prosecutor: Does your company prevent people who drive from downloading your product?
App Exec: No.
Prosecutor: So, an unknown number of people using your product could be drivers?
App Exec: Yes.
Prosecutor: How long does it take for a user to snap?
App Exec: It depends.
Prosecutor: Humor me.
App Exec: Maybe a few seconds.
Prosecutor: A few seconds?
App Exec: Yes.
Prosecutor: So, a person, using your product, could have their attention diverted from driving for a few seconds, lose track of where their vehicle is going, and possibly cause an accident?
App Exec: Well... I...
App Exec attorney: Objection!
Prosecutor: I'll retract my question, your honor. No further questions.

 

[CyberB0b]

Darwinism.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Darwinism.

Which I would have no problem with if it were only the ones doing it paying for it.

Same as I feel for drunk drivers.

Hey you want to drink and drive out in salt flats with nobody around so the only person that gets hurt is yourself if you roll the car...so be it, I would not mind at all, that i just one less idiot in the world.

However doing this stuff out there where you put other INNOCENT people in harms way for your idiotic decisions...that is a different matter all together.

 

[iceberg]

Which I would have no problem with if it were only the ones doing it paying for it.

Same as I feel for drunk drivers.

Hey you want to drink and drive out in salt flats with nobody around so the only person that gets hurt is yourself if you roll the car...so be it, I would not mind at all, that i just one less idiot in the world.

However doing this stuff out there where you put other INNOCENT people in harms way for your idiotic decisions...that is a different matter all together.

someone tried to tell me snapchat wasn't a "selfie app" - and i had to beg to differ.

 

[cowboyeric8]

someone tried to tell me snapchat wasn't a "selfie app" - and i had to beg to differ.

Snapchat has to be the most annoying thing to ever here students talk about (I work at a college). Students need to get out more and become less self obsessed.

 

[YosemiteSam]

i don't get it. what's the point of putting a speedometer on a selfie app?

Is it called Fat-Snap?

 

[viman96]

which app is this?

 

[Seven]

Snapchat has to be the most annoying thing to ever here students talk about (I work at a college). Students need to get out more and become less self obsessed.

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[dogunwo]

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Janitors and cafeteria staff are needed at all schools.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Technically, I guess a passenger in a car could take a selfie and for kicks know how fast their going. Does seem dumb though. If I had a teen who took a selfie, texted, or something else while driving, they would lose their driving and phone privileges for a month.

 

[CowboyDan]

Have you ever flown in a plane?

Or been on a train, like JG here?

 

[iceberg]

Technically, I guess a passenger in a car could take a selfie and for kicks know how fast their going. Does seem dumb though. If I had a teen who took a selfie, texted, or something else while driving, they would lose their driving and phone privileges for a month.

hell, back in MY day i had to use my 35mm pentax k1000 to take a picture of my dash.

then i had to go back to work into a darkroom. break open a canister of film, in the dark, thread it into the light-tight container, in the dark and then "develop" the film. stop the developing process and hang the film to dry then clean it to get the spots off. then i got to load it into a tray and put that tray into an enlarger and setup the shot i wanted from the film. set it, load the paper, turn on the enlarger light, expose the paper, then - when we really got BIG TIME - i got to put the paper in one end of a machine and a minute later it came out the other all pretty. i set that up to dry and when done, i could THEN AND ONLY THEN take my pic of my dash to go show it off to all the other people cruising main street.

actually miss those days.