Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., whose father organized an army of young libertarians into a robust presidential campaign last cycle, is joining Snapchat.

Snapchat is “the disappearing-photo service that has become one of the most popular social-messaging platforms for young people,” Politico’s Mike Allen noted in reporting the social media move. “His handle will be SenatorRandPaul, and he plans to send his first snap tonight. TIME wrote recently that photo messages are so popular they ‘could make texting obsolete.’ ”