Evan Spiegel Quotes

Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to resurface when we least expect it. Yes, everything you do in the digital realm may as well be broadcast on prime-time television and chiseled on the side of the Parthenon.

Sadly, it seems as if there is no longer any real history. Just momentary reactions to events that disappear like sky-writing with items like Twitter, texts, Meerkat, Snapchat, and Instagram.

Most of us still haven't grasped the fact that everything we commit to the digital space - not just our public blogs and broadcast tweets, but every private text message, email, and voicemail is likely to be stored and accessible. Forever.

I'm a person who always wanted to turn my life into an archive. Social media made my dream come true.

I will think twice in the future about what I post. Probably three times.

I have often said social media is a race to the bottom.

You don't have to be famous to have problems on social media. It affects everyone, and it's on there forever, and the things you say when you're 15 are not necessarily what you'd say when you're 25 or 35.

A lot of my girlfriends are on Snapchat, and they were being scandalous with what they were showing on there. I keep it pretty simple. I give updates and share things.

I love documenting. Having these videos forever is priceless to me, so I think I will be doing it forever, but who knows if YouTube is gonna be around forever.

Instagram is amazing, and I enjoy sharing photos there. However, I don't think it is where my photos will go to live.

Why would anyone say this stuff about themselves on the Internet? It's crazy!

For a generation that gets most of its information off a computer screen (be it Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or what have you), an athlete has to be very careful about the public/private aspect of that. Be careful not to be overly critical, be careful with use of language, and understand the whole world is watching.

Social media might one day offer a dazzling, and even overwhelming, array of source material for historians.

This whole thing about announcing stuff and sharing it online is a new phenomenon. Keeping things private is really, really easy and simple.

I don't really think before I tweet.

I think social media is a great tool if you use it the right way.

You need to be aware of what you're putting on social media and what you're talking about.

I don't really pay attention to much online.

I am not the kind of person who narrates every aspect of my life on social media; it's about posting things that are important to me.

Parents don't even know what's going on on Snapchat.

I share more than most people probably do online.

We're all getting in trouble on Twitter - just get off and use your Instagram.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves.

The way people express themselves online, that's also how they express themselves in the real world.

I've never made a comment on a message board in my life.