How do you send nudes?

Why'd You Push That Button?

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Arts, Technology, Design

4.4 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week on Why'd You Push That Button?, we're talking about sending nudes. Sending a naked photo of yourself doesn't need to be complicated, but with hundreds of thousands of messaging apps to choose from, deciding how to send that nude can require some thought. Do you take to Snapchat, iMessage, or Instagram DMs? What about sending them through your dating app? We talked to two people about how they make sense of this messaging app utopia. An anonymous man named Frank primarily uses gay dating apps like Grindr and Scruff to send his nudes because they feature built-in camera functions, while our other interviewee, Eden Rohatensky, chooses their platform based off the recipient of the message. Someone new might get a nude through Snapchat, whereas their friends might receive them in iMessage. Eden also tells us how they send nudes platonically with friends in an effort to build body positivity, which is fantastic. They wrote a Medium post about this exact thing earlier this year. We then take all our messaging thoughts to Eric Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of gay dating app Scruff. He explains why he built a camera function into the app and how he thinks the feature will eventually trickle down into straight apps. Scruff tells us that more than a million photos and videos are sent over chat daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	How do you send nudes? So mostly I use Snapchat. I've actually never sent a nude. I have
0:35.4	never sent or received a nude. I always just send them via text.
0:39.3	I don't.
0:40.3	I don't want that out there.
0:41.3	I made sure there is no recognition so you could not see my face or anything that was noticeable
0:46.3	that can identify them as me.
0:47.3	I definitely send them over snap.
0:49.3	Occasionally I'll send like a flirty pick to my boyfriend, but I just like do that over I message. I don't send like any
0:54.3	photos, clothed or not clothed. Hello and welcome to why'd you push that button, a show where
1:00.3	Caitlin Tiffany and Ashley Carman, that's me, talk about all the choices technology forces us to make.
1:07.8	Today we are talking about sending nudes and how you send your nudes. What
1:13.5	messaging platform do you use? This one is kind of multifaceted because we're getting complex.
1:19.6	Yeah. We're evolving. Finally, this podcast is growing up. No more girl talk. We're over it.
1:26.2	Yeah. We're not adding a mail to the cast, though, so you can keep that suggestion.
1:30.7	Put that back on your comment card back in your back pocket.
1:33.5	Keep it there forever.
1:34.8	Put it through the washing machine with your jeans.
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