Snapchat CEO: Delete Is the Default

With 150 million photos uploaded (and evaporating) each day, Snapchat is a success. Even so, it has a reputation, fair or not, as a platform for teens to share racy (even nude) pictures of themselves. CEO and Co-Founder Evan Spiegel told an audience at AllThingsD's Dive into Mobile in New York City on Tuesday that Snapchat "isn’t a great tool for sexting."

Spiegel is not denying the existence of naked snapchats. "With 150 million images a day, certainly possible, maybe even a fact that some of them people don’t have their clothes on." He also noted, however, that traffic on Snapchat slows way down after 11PM, a time at which he assumes more nude pictures might be snapped. Read more...