Backlash among users over Snapchat redesign

SNAPCHAT’S latest app redesign, aimed at broadening the appeal of the youth-oriented social network, sparked a backlash from many users complaining about the abrupt overhaul of their preferred service. More than 578,000 users had signed an online petition by midday Monday calling on parent firm Snap Inc to roll back the update, which was released last week. “Many ‘new features’ are useless or defeat the original purposes Snapchat has had for the past years,” the petition at change. org states.