Snapchat’s True Discovery?

Snapchat hit the market in September 2011 and like most popular apps in the last 10 years it has progressed at an alarming rate with a non-stop quest to become the world’s best app. In recent updates Snapchat gave companies and shared partners the opportunity to share their media through Snapchat for free. Some of the companies share media to address news happening in the real world and bring important news to users of Snapchat. Other companies provide media that is adult content and covers private topics that aren’t usually covered on such a big media platfrom. This makes me think why does Snapchat allow adult content to be seen on such a big platfrom?
The discover page is where Snapchat puts the media from certain companies and shared partners. A lot of media on the discover page has media of women in lingerie, men without shirts, and articles that talk about how to better yourself in bed. These topics are contraversal for appropriate material and have a very high chance to offend a lot of different people. Those topics are mostly talked about in private or a trusted and secure space not on a huge public platfrom.
Almost everytime I open up my Snapchat and scroll to the Discovery page I see media that I truly don’t want to see and feel uncomfortble seeing. Yes you still have to click on the meda to fully engage and see the article, but there is still a picture and title to the article. On my discover page the first article I could view was an article from Brother with a picture of a stack of condoms titled “Can You Actually Tell Who Is A Virgin?”

I have no interest in this article and would feel completely uncomfortable reading other peoples advice on how to figure out if someone has had sex or not when talking to a stranger. I do understand if I feel uncomfortable reading that type of media I simply should not read it. But there’s a difference when someone can see a picture and title that describes what the entire article is about. Especially with private subjects that address sexual content.
Another problem with the media on Snapchat’s discovery page is you can’t block certain companies or shared partners’ media so you never see it. Companies and shared partners will always make their content to apply to their committed audience. Such as the Cosmopolitan’s article Titled “What Sex Therapists Really Think When Clients Get Real” with two females kissing as a cover photo. Some people like to see this media, and some people don’t. The problem is you can’t block the media so you never have worry about seeing it. In my case when I went to view my discovery page that article was the first option for me to see with no chance of being able to block that kind of consistant content.

Another question I have about the media on the discovery page on Snapchat is how does Snapchat know if people enjoy the media their users see? Have they ever sent out a survey to see if people are enjoying the media that Snapchat is giving them? After being a member of Snapchat for 6 years I have never received a survey or a way to voice my thoughts on the media they give me and if I want to change the media I see. How do they know that people are truly committed to reading Snapchat’s media about how to tell a virgin from a non-virgin or what your sex therapist secretly does during your meeting time? Do they truly have an audience or do they have misleading viewer results from people reading the article for 5 seconds then exiting out because they are creeped out by the content like I always am.
Some people may enjoy the material they read on Snapchat’s that deal with private stuff. I know I have read articles through that page that I enjoy such as sports and politics. But my final questions are how do you know some people aren’t offended or uncomfortable with the media you are sharing? Why isn’t there a way to block media people know they don’t want to even look at? How do you know there is an audience for articles that deal with private subjects on such a huge platform when most of the time those thoughts are dealt with privitely and safely?