Welcome back to #TheDailyThree, a weekday recap of three top stories in digital + a few thoughts. Today we’re talking about the 24 hour rise and fall of Vero, Facebook’s attempt at transparency and a strange turn of events for Snapchat.
1. Vero’s popularity was short lived. News of CEO + Co-founder Ayman Hariri's dirty past came out pretty quickly as well as their questionable policy on tracking your data. It’s also impossible to delete your account. You have to request it from them.
2. You may have seen this pop up in your newsfeed on Facebook. They have been notifying users on specifically how they use facial recognition + if your is on or off. Facebook is at a crucial crossroads re: privacy + data, so I expect to see a lot more of this.
3. In an interesting turn of events (that will surely be short lived), curiosity over Snapchat’s controversial redesign has inspired an increase of 322k app installs this week over last. W/ these new users, Snap has an opportunity to woo fresh eyes. But will they
