We used to have a drummer on HR some years ago called Rimshot and he once said of me that simple things pleased simple minds. He meant it as a cuss {we were in a debate about using a suitcase as a bass drum which I was all for} but I couldn't help agreeing with him !
I come from the perspective that there is no such thing as the snare sound, any more than there is the guitar tone or the bass sound or the kick sound. They are all versatile in their sonic scope so for me it comes down to sounds I like and in that regard, I do all kinds of muckin' abaaaahhht on my snare. And sometimes absolutely none at all. Of course, I'm not recording for clients so I can afford to indulge my own tastes. And on that wise, if I am going to muck about with the snare I'll experiment until I have something that sits in well with the rest of the kit, in particular, the overheads {or in my case, underheads}. I've even used a flanger before or a touch of reverse reverb, but so little that you don't hear its effect yet if you remove it, it feels like having one's socks removed on a slightly warm day.
I also like to have the snare panned ever so slightly, a smidgen, to my right and my kick ever so slightly, a pinch, to my left so they miss each other yet are both central.
I used to be very snare oriented, to the detriment of the kick, in the days when I only had one track for drums. Then when I went digital, I became very kick oriented to the detriment of the snare !
Now I'm just, ah, balanced.
I hope.