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