Snapchat Essay

Snapchat is a social media app that was first invented in 2011 for the purpose of people being able to send private photos without the risk of people saving it and showing friends. Even though now, you can save the photos people send over message in your camera roll. Anyways, one of Snapchat’s updates came with something called “Discover”. Discover is a feature that allows you to read a bunch of articles that companies have written. Some of these companies include E! News, Mashable, Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed, National Geographic, MTV, Vogue, Vice, and even New York Times. I love discover just because there is so many different things to read and learn about. It’s honestly so great for the purpose of keeping up to date on current events, or just laughing and having a good time. So what’s so horri?
Back in January, there was a large landslide in Laurel Canyon, California. One backyard just slid down the mountain, into two other backyards, trapping two residents in their home. The road closed due to the slide and it caused a lot of damage to people’s homes. Two homes were red-tagged meaning entrance was prohibited, two were yellow-tagged meaning only part of the house was safe, but who’s going to go in their house when there is cleanup crew, fire department, and debris all over you beloved, probably really expensive home? Know what I mean? Since it’s newsworthy, Daily Mail wrote an article about it. Here’s why I got mad. Not only was Daily Mail’s thumbnail and article on Kylie Jenners “selfie game”, but the article written about the landslide, was about how Demi Lovato couldn’t access her driveway. Her house was literally untouched by the muddy landslide, and yet they want to report on how she was unable to go home? (Even though her house was one that was red-flagged supposedly, there was still no damage) Like? What about the people that don’t have a home to go to, or the people that are stuck on the road, the one’s that have to pay