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What is your favourite social media app?

Are you a Snapchatter or an Insta lover?

IT’S A CUT-THROAT world out there.

Social media platforms are constantly vying for your attention with new features, filters and fresh ways to show off what you’re doing at any given moment.

Today, Snapchat’s parent company saw its shares plunge as it posted losses of more than $2 billion with some investors saying the app’s growth has slowed to almost zero.

Similar products to its offering – disappearing images and ‘stories’ – are now available on other platforms, including Instagram.

So we’re wondering, which of the most popular social media apps is your favourite?


Poll Results:

Facebook (1855)
Instagram (1519)
Snapchat (1297)
Twitter (947)
Other (and tell us in the comments which one...) (784)
LinkedIn (212)

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    Mute Stephen Kran
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    May 11th 2017, 12:51 PM

    The Journal.ie comment section

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    Mute John S
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    May 11th 2017, 1:06 PM

    @Stephen Kran: no “none of them, I’ve got a real life” option?

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    Mute The Girl
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    May 11th 2017, 3:23 PM

    @Stephen Kran: Hi5 :-)

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    Mute Damo Doyle
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    May 11th 2017, 1:00 PM

    WhatsApp

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    Mute Noel
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    May 11th 2017, 2:55 PM

    @Damo Doyle: WhatsApp ain’t a social network it’s a messaging platform.

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    Mute Ciara Baines
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    May 11th 2017, 4:35 PM

    @Noel: It’s turning in to a social network site. There’s now an option to post a status that disappears in 24 hours. Just like Snapchat.

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    Mute Awkward Seal
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    May 11th 2017, 5:13 PM

    Plus group chats. I’m more likely to share something with my friends on WhatsApp than on Facebook.

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    Mute Lord Clanricarde
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    May 11th 2017, 1:07 PM

    Twitter the best by a mile. Insta and Facebook are for kids. Anyone looking for the latest up to date current affairs, politics, finance, business news etc, twitter is brilliant…It completely lost on people who start following the likes of Beyonce or Ronaldo!

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    Mute Ciara Baines
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    May 11th 2017, 4:36 PM

    @Lord Clanricarde: ‘Insta and Facebook are for kids’. Yeah, because you’d never find a childish person on Twitter right?

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    Mute Awkward Seal
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    May 11th 2017, 5:16 PM

    I’ve tried three times to use Twitter and failed each time. My philosophy is that if anything interesting happens on Twitter I’ll eventually hear about it. I’ve always thought of it as the worst one. Although I’d imagine Facebook must be worse now.

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    Mute Lord Clanricarde
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    May 11th 2017, 6:12 PM

    @Ciara Baines: Your following Beyonce aren’t you??

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    Mute Eoghan Byrne
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    May 11th 2017, 12:54 PM

    Not really social media but reddit.

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    Mute Paul Fitzpatrick
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    May 11th 2017, 1:24 PM

    @Eoghan Byrne: It often has better discussion than any of those options so I’d call it social. Facebook is mostly shared motivational pictures and people’s names tagged as a comment.

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    Mute Paul Minogue
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    May 11th 2017, 6:14 PM

    @Paul Fitzpatrick: Don’t forget the ads. Hundreds and thousands of ads!

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    Mute Paul Mc Manus
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    May 11th 2017, 12:51 PM

    My favourite social app? Is to APPear beside my friends and have a coffee. Lol (okok lame I know. I know. I’ve loads of friends, I swear!!!) Hahaha

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    Mute David Peate
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    May 11th 2017, 12:49 PM

    No MySpace……????

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    Mute Joseph Blocks
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    May 11th 2017, 12:51 PM

    @David Peate: pffft! Nobody in Ireland uses MySpace. Bebo is where it is at.

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    Mute Roy Dowling
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    May 11th 2017, 1:23 PM

    @David Peate: I wonder how Tom is doing

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    Mute David Peate
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    May 11th 2017, 1:39 PM

    @Joseph Blocks: my mistake so

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    Mute Bar Bar Drinks
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    May 11th 2017, 1:39 PM

    These questionnaires are turning Journal.ie into Buzzfeed. Next they’ll ask me to take a quiz to see which Kardashian I’m most like. (The answer is Khloe, by the way)

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    Mute Mark Byrne
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    May 11th 2017, 2:35 PM

    @Bar Bar Drinks: such a Khloe thing to say.

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    Mute Daniel O'Connor
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    May 11th 2017, 12:56 PM

    Close between MSN Messenger or Bebo

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    Mute Sean O'Kelly
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    May 11th 2017, 2:03 PM

    @Daniel O’Connor: bebo is really old though!

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    Mute Gavin
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    May 11th 2017, 2:43 PM

    @Daniel O’Connor: Those were the days!

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    Mute Barry Somers
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    May 11th 2017, 3:29 PM

    @Daniel O’Connor: ICQ is where its at!

    Bringing me back to 1997!

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    Mute Lukey
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    May 11th 2017, 12:57 PM

    youjizz I reckon

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    May 12th 2017, 1:46 AM

    @Lukey: You’re right, I do.

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    Mute Joseph Dempsey
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    May 11th 2017, 1:59 PM

    Why does anyone use LinkedIn, it’s appalling. Had to get rid off, vulture recruitment consultants trying to befriend you, complete strangers trying to link up just because your acquainted with someone they vaguely know, profiles that wouldn’t look out of place in “I love myself weekly” job offers as alien as ET to my skills , it’s just Bizzare stuff

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    Mute Peter Cavey
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    May 11th 2017, 12:59 PM

    I just don’t get Snapchat!! Could someone explain in a nutshell why it’s good – Whats the point of disappearing photos?

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    May 11th 2017, 1:06 PM

    @Peter Cavey: #dickpics

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    Mute Ísla Carabine
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    May 11th 2017, 1:25 PM

    @The Guru: it’s all fun and games until someone takes a screenshot

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    Mute Ísla Carabine
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    May 11th 2017, 1:25 PM

    @Peter Cavey @The Guru: it’s all fun and games until someone takes a screenshot

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    Mute Ísla Carabine
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    May 11th 2017, 1:26 PM

    @Peter Cavey @The Guru: it’s all fun and games until someone takes a screenshot….

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    Mute Ísla Carabine
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    May 11th 2017, 1:27 PM

    @Peter Cavey: it’s all fun and games until someone takes a screenshot….. *Send nudes* ahemmmm

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    Mute Ísla Carabine
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    May 11th 2017, 1:28 PM

    @The Guru: oops phone went nuts

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    Mute Jill
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    May 11th 2017, 2:53 PM

    @Peter Cavey: You’re showing your age with that comment Peter!

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    Mute Matty kinevan
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    May 11th 2017, 1:12 PM

    Grindr!!

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    Mute Matty kinevan
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    May 11th 2017, 5:40 PM

    @Matty kinevan: Ha! Nice one, troll imposter gimp. Although you are actually correct, that’s where I first met your dad.

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    Mute Maro Wright
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    May 11th 2017, 1:52 PM

    I only have Twitter. The main reason I got it is so that I can post comments here in the comments section.

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    Mute Eugene Tyson
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    May 11th 2017, 1:11 PM

    None.

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    Mute David Mooney
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    May 11th 2017, 12:58 PM

    Journal.ie comments section.

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    Mute Shawn Rahoon
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    May 11th 2017, 1:16 PM

    @David Mooney: Used to be the journal until they stopped using the red thumbs.

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    Mute Type17
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    May 11th 2017, 1:23 PM

    Don’t forget message boards (not giant ones like boards.ie). A bit dated now, but specialised ones for individual sports, hobbies or car models are brilliant.

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    Mute MARK O 'LEARY
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    May 11th 2017, 1:22 PM

    What about An Post?

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    Mute Noel
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    May 11th 2017, 2:56 PM

    No Google+ option??

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    Mute Eugene Molloy
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    May 11th 2017, 12:57 PM

    They are all shite, get out and play

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    Mute Rob
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    May 11th 2017, 1:19 PM

    In on all them but Twitter and Quora are best. Instagram is only good for posting photos to Twitter, the rest are meh.

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    Mute Ger
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    May 11th 2017, 4:16 PM

    Twitter but I use the app “tweetcaster” for twitter as its a million times better than the main app.

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    Mute Teresa
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    May 11th 2017, 2:56 PM

    WhatsApp

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    Mute Paul Radburn
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    May 11th 2017, 1:57 PM

    Pornhub

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    Mute Mark Byrne
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    May 11th 2017, 2:36 PM

    Christian mingle.

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    May 11th 2017, 4:04 PM

    My balls app

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    May 13th 2017, 11:20 AM

    Plenty of fish…..

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    Mute Malcolm Macdonald
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    May 12th 2017, 5:30 PM

    WhatsApp

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