Actually I think the article isn&#x27;t about &quot;How to become a Snapchat user.&quot; but rather &quot;how teens use snapchat (or social media in general) that is really different than how adults use it&quot; .<p>Going from that to &quot;what social media teens use that you don&#x27;t even know about&quot; isn&#x27;t much of a stretch.<p>I&#x27;m not sure if I&#x27;ll call mentioning these apps as &quot;product placement&quot;.
Could be someone trying to up these app&#x27;s SEO ranking. Could be just an interesting tidbit he used (he also mentioned instagram, and I doubt that was by request).