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Snap is sliding after Kylie Jenner tweets she doesn't use the app anymore (SNAP)

Kylie Jenner is one of the biggest influencers on Snapchat.

  • Jenner is one of the biggest influencers on the app.
  • Snap has been downgraded on Wall Street because of the redesign.

Snap is sliding Thursday, down 8.48% at $17.06 a share, after Kylie Jenner suggested her days of using its Snapchat app are over.

"Sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore?" she asked her Twitter followers. "Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad." She followed up with another tweet: "Still love you tho snap ... my first love."

The photo-sharing company has seen a boatload of user backlash in the wake of the rollout of its redesigned app. More than 1.2 million people have signed a petition on Change.org called "

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Snapchat users who are calling for the old ways are out of luck. In a statement released Wednesday, the company said the new app is here to stay, with some adjustments on the way.

"Beginning soon on iOS, and with Android in the coming weeks, we are introducing tabs in Friends and Discover, which will make it easier to find the Stories that you want, when you want them," the release said.

Shares of Snap are up 14.6% this year.

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