Selfies, streaks, stories -- Snapchat has found endless ways to hook teens into spending more time looking at pictures of their friends' faces than actually having a conversation. The very thing that is supposed to connect us is the thing that's making us more anti-social. I've been an avid snapper since the beginning of high school, and at this point, I'm over it.

Why do I want to see pictures of your face rather than just talk to you on the phone? Are we really best friends if we have a 378 day streak, but I can't even remember the last time we had a conversation? These are the very things we should consider when we spend hours sending selfies to people that we probably don't even like. People ensure that they maintain their precious streaks, even when on vacation. I can't even count the amount of times students in my class pull out their phones just to answer a few Snapchats.

Honestly, when I open the app, I get annoyed. Even spending 5 minutes opening all the pictures, then having to answer everyone; it just doesn't seem like it's worth my time. At this point, I don't even try to maintain any streaks because I know it's just a lost cause.

I wish people would spend more time doing something else; even texting is more productive. I see some people who snap more than 40 people at a time. If you were to ask them how many of those people they are actually friends with, the number would be significantly lower. Snapchat was fun and exciting when I first downloaded the app, but now it just feels like something I keep on my phone only because I can't bring myself to delete it.

I understand that we, as millennials, have fed into this fad which has made us seem "vain" or "conceded" to other, older generations. However, if we had to power to give Snapchat it's claim to fame, we have the power to take that fame away. We should spend more time trying to communicate in a way that will bring us closer together, not isolate us.