While apps like Snapchat allow photos or videos to be shared, Frankly is mostly about the kind of short messages you used to send via SMS — that is, before exploding messages were a thing.
It quickly eclipsed the popularity of Snapchat's 10-second exploding private messages, and made the app grow to 150 million daily users.
Twitter exploded with messages of congratulations for the Royal couple following the announcement that Kate had finally given birth to a boy this afternoon.
Shortly after the fake page hit the blogosphere, teenage-oriented chat boards exploded with messages from people who either rushed to defend Ms. Cyrus or who claimed to know who the father was.
Social media will explode with messages of love and thanks for demonstrating courage and inspiration.
Snopes, a website that debunks conspiracy theories, reported that its inbox "exploded with messages" asking them to investigate this issue the day after Phillips made that claim.
The moment the Duke Blue Devils were named the 2015 NCAA Champions, my social media feeds exploded with messages from and to Badger fans -- the majority of them kind words and support for the group of young men who were likely feeling all kinds of awful.
And it was for that civilization-exploding message that "The Rite of Spring" was celebrated (and execrated) at its première.
Will Facebook be reduced to a utility for public sharing backed by real identity, but miss out on all the texts, snaps, and other bits of mobile messaging exploding these days?
Whoever sent the bomber on his mission had chosen the target to send a message, but exploding a truck bomb that killed only Afghan commuters and policemen was a message that no group, so far, has cared to claim.
"The deal is exploding," read the text message of one French official to Paris, where Mr. Sarkozy was demanding regular updates and was pushing for a bigger agreement.
