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This Is the Data Snapchat Doesnt Want You to See
From https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-data-snapchat-doesnt-want-you-to-see
This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn’t Want You to See
Snapchat keeps its partners, investors, and even employees in the dark about how core features are performing. Now, some of those figures are finally being dragged into the light.
Taylor Lorenz
01.09.18 10:30 AM ET
Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously.
Take the case of one former Snapchat employee. On his first day, he was forced to sit through an ominous orientation in which he was threatened with termination if he so much as breathed a word of what he was working on to friends or family.
He was told that he couldn’t bring anyone into the building unapproved, and those who were cleared could only be taken to specific conference rooms or the cafe.
...
Snapchat keeps its partners, investors, and even employees in the dark about how core features are performing. Now, some of those figures are finally being dragged into the light.
Taylor Lorenz
01.09.18 10:30 AM ET
Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously.
Take the case of one former Snapchat employee. On his first day, he was forced to sit through an ominous orientation in which he was threatened with termination if he so much as breathed a word of what he was working on to friends or family.
He was told that he couldn’t bring anyone into the building unapproved, and those who were cleared could only be taken to specific conference rooms or the cafe.
...
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