Solid production quality of the video :O Well done, definitely a feature I've wanted for a long time

This is so accurate

Very excited to use this.

I mean they do have "mail" in their name.. :)

Wow, that was fun. Was barely able to read any of the text though :(

Looks amazing! I agree that at first glance it is hard to determine where you should focus, making it quite difficult to get through the whole page. You might be able to help this by segmenting the sections more or using some form of evident text/visual hierarchy (just my opinion).

Being able to change the theme with the colors at the top was cool :) My favorite theme was dark-magenta (with white bg)

Design Details is one of my favorites!

This site is a great reflection of the brand. Simple.

I feel like the update's goal was to mainly:

1. Make app more usable and more appealing to older demographic (not just teens)

2. Optimize revenue by allowing advertisers to sneak into the main page in between stories. As you said, by putting stories so close to private snaps, the engagement is somewhat forced.

It really sucks when major design decisions must be made to keep investors happy, but hopefully Snapchat can continue to deliver interesting ideas and not stray too far away from what made them special in the first place.