Snapchat Rolls Out Group-Sharing Feature for Concerts, Live Events

Snapchat has proved that ephemeral private messages are a hit; now it's hoping that sharing those messages publicly will catch on, too

Snapchat is testing a new group-sharing feature that pulls posts from many users into one large Snapchat Story. The company unveiled Stories in October to allow users to share "snaps" for a 24-hour window with anyone they're connected to on the app

Stories have always been personal, however — they capture the collective snaps of one person and share them with that person's friends. Now, when multiple users are in the same location for an event or concert, for example, Snapchat uses geo-location to identify that and allow those users to share snaps collectively, and publicly, like a shared photo or video album Read more...