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Snapchat

Snapchat popularized ephemeral content, changing the way younger generations communicate.

Launch of Snapchat, year 2011

Themes: ephemeral, creativity, youth, fun.

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The origin

What the date says

Milestone
Launch of Snapchat
What happened
Evan Spiegel and his Stanford classmates launched Snapchat in 2011 after a friend joked about wanting photos that disappeared.
Year
2011
Source
Historical documentation
Note
Launched in September 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown in Los Angeles.

Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.

Keep in mind

Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.