Snapchat Introduce Friend Emojis
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Snapchat have been examining different ways of making the
app more like a social network in its own right. Up until recently, this
included a ‘Best Friends’ function which listed all the people who snapped with
you most frequently. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering, but it did the job.
Now though, they’ve thrown that out in favour of something a little bit more
complicated, and cutesy.
Depending on whose snap you’re looking at, little ‘Friend
Emoji’ symbols will appear. A smile corresponds to a close friend, someone you
snap to most frequently. Fire indicates that you’re on a hot streak with the
other person, it will also show how many days you’ve both been consistently
snapping back and forth for. Sunglasses indicate that you have a mutual close
friend, a smirk shows that while you’re one of the people they snap to the
most, it doesn’t go both ways. A gold heart is reserved for your #1 best friend
and a gritted teeth icon indicates that you and the other snapper both share
the same #1 best friend.
That might seem like a lot to process, but in short, it
means that only you will be able to see who you snap most frequently with,
rather than a list being readily available to anyone who looks at your profile,
as before. If you’re struggling to get your head around the system, you can
peep the instruction manual if you open the app, go to ‘discover’ and look at
the Snap Channel feed.
Meanwhile, on the friends list they’ve added a ‘Needs Love’
section which corresponds to people who you had previously been snapping to a
lot but not so much recently. The app developers seem to be pretty intent on
keeping friendships alive. On the more technical side of things, they’ve also
added in a low-light function. When taking a snap in dark places, a little moon
icon will appear to enable said function, which is a welcome addition, the Snapchat
in-app camera struggled noticeably with low light previously.
Little additions like these serve to make Snapchat more
versatile, but they also make it a more universal social tool, rather than just
a fun little curio (albeit a very, very popular curio). The Friend Emoji
function also gamifies it a little bit more, encouraging you to snap more
frequently with specific people.
Callum Davies
Callum is a film school graduate who is now making a name for himself as a journalist and content writer. His vices include flat whites and 90s hip-hop. Follow him @CallumAtSMF
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