Your Snapchat messages don’t actually disappear unless you do this

Oh, Snapchat — the app that changed instant messaging as we know it in middle school, and now the platform people turn to when they’re too afraid to actually text someone. Love it or hate it, Snapchat is a communication platform that over 900 million people use every month to share pictures, videos, and text-based chats — a completely revolutionary way to talk to your friends in family back in 2011.