Snapchat's cheeky attempts to poach rivals' employees revealed
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#7G9H)
'Not sleeping well?' social networking firm asks Airbnb employees - before suggesting they apply for a job
Snapchat is using its own app to hint to employees of rival firms that they should leave their jobs and work in Los Angeles with the social network.
The firm has inserted cheeky geofilters - visual overlays optionally applied to snaps sent from a specific location - for pictures sent from the headquarters of companies such as Uber, Pinterest and Airbnb.
On the snapchat geofilter hunt at @Airbnb and found another one. pic.twitter.com/IZbbDfLXqY
Just sent a return message to @Snapchat, since they seemed curious. pic.twitter.com/Qr5d3Ta29r
@evanspiegel nice try pic.twitter.com/TfuCCYjq3r
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