Snapchat Adds @Mentions Tagging, Stepping Up Rivalry With Instagram
All's fair in love and war with the big social platforms. They steal each others' ideas all the time. Among the most egregious examples of this occurred when Instagram co-opted Snapchat's self-destructing video messages under a new name, "Instagram Stories," in November 2016. Now, in a move that … Read More
Snapchat strikes back, steals a popular Instagram feature
Despite Snapchat pre-dating Instagram's Stories, the firm had not thought to add such an intuitive UI, and indeed then prided itself on its opaque user interface. With competition from Facebook snapping at its heels, Snap is now trying to improve itself and get better to retain users who are fleeing …
Snapchat is testing out a new tagging feature, and here’s how to use it
Ever since their major update at the beginning of the year, Snapchat has been steadily rolling out new features to make the app more fun and interactive. The latest is a new Snapchat tagging feature currently in the testing stage, and although it might not be available on your phone …
Snapchat has a new ‘tagging’ feature but it’s not for everyone, yet
Not so long ago Instagram copied Snapchat by introducing 'stories' that can also be posted to Facebook profiles. This tagging feature isn't yet available to everyone, and it's hard to know who has it and why. TechCrunch posted about Snap's latest experiment with explanatory screenshots taken by Matt … Read More
Snapchat may soon allow you to tag people in snaps and stories
Tagging on posts may seem familiar to some of you and that's because Snapchat's biggest rival – Instagram – has had it for a while now. However, Instagram has also ripped off not one feature from Snapchat. For example 'Stories', which originated on Snapchat, but grew like a wildfire once …
Social Feed: Snapchat tests tags, bots want your data, and Facebook patents a robot
Snapchat fans could soon tag their friends inside their Stories. Snap Inc. confirmed the testing of the feature after the tag was spotted by a user, but didn't offer specifics. According to users with early access to it, the feature would allow Snapchatters to use an @ tag for another …
Fanbytes: “Snapchat is a very young and misunderstood platform”
"Snapchat is a bit of a quirky platform and lots of people seem to discount it offhand because they're not sure how to market through it. When Fanbytes came in we saw that there was a huge amount of potential in Snapchat. "We have a four snap format. The adverts …
Millennials are quitting social media and spending less time on Facebook, according to a new report.
Whilst the Facebook-owned apps and Twitter have all struggled in retaining users, Snapchat has been less affected by the cull of social media by Gen-Z. Only one in five people have said goodbye to Snapchat permanently compared to a remarkable 43 per cent of people who have said goodbye to … …
Snap introduces tagging for Snapchat stories
New York [USA], Mar. 9 (ANI): In yet another move to outdo its competitors, particularly Instagram, image and video sharing platform, Snapchat, revealed that users can now tag their friends on the stories they post. In its latest update, the company said users can tag their friends in a Story, …
Why Snapchat Just Removed GIF Stickers Amid Controversy
It's not just you. Snapchat users awoke on Friday to find that GIF Stickers, the popular feature that adds image overlays from the media repository Giphy, has gone missing. The move follows a shocking report that found users were able to easily access racist animations. “We are very sorry,” a … …