Stop pretending you know what you&#x27;re talking about. Do you know how much money is saved by not keeping those pictures? Snapchat handles more pictures per day than facebook[0], which gets almost half a billion per day. I know a few snapchat engineers that concur that Snapchat really does not keep any pictures, which allows them to make interesting optimizations that Facebook (and similar) can&#x27;t.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techcrunch.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;19&#x2F;snapchat-reportedly-sees-more-daily-photos-than-facebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techcrunch.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;19&#x2F;snapchat-reportedly-sees-mo...</a>