> I thought Snapchat was obviously going to succeed 4 years ago when I was still...

		verbify on Dec 31, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Once mocked, Facebook’s $1B acquisition of Instagr... > I thought Snapchat was obviously going to succeed 4 years ago when I was still in college - 70% of the people I knew in college were using it. I've no idea when you were in college, but if 70% of the people around you were using it, I presume it was already successful.

Yes. You would have no idea of this reading Hacker News threads about Snapchat 4 years ago, though.