There are growing concerns around the use of Snapchat, as more older women report being contacted by significantly younger men through the app — often in ways that echo the early days of online chatrooms. Many users say the pattern feels strikingly familiar. Conversations frequently begin with direct, personal questions — “age?”, “where are you?”, “single?” — reminiscent of the once-ubiquitous “ASL?” (age, sex, location) that defined early internet messaging culture in the la