Snapchat introduces its newest feature "Friend Check Up" which lets the users review their friends' lists. The add-on also tells if you should remove your friends for your safety purposes.
What is Snapchat 'Friend Check Up'?
According to a report by The Independent, the latest feature will make sure that you segregate your friends well like your rubbish at home. In any sense, this will give you peace of mind for those who are not anymore relevant to you. For those people who want to continue their connection with others, "Friend Check Up" is also a useful Snapchat ingredient.
Through this feature, you will be notified through an alert that prompts you to have a peek in your friends' list if removing friends crosses your mind. You can tell that Snapchat is not hungry to flock numerous users to their platform. The multi-messaging app just wants to regulate the users to filter more colorful social interactions for the people.
Furthermore, Snapchat Inc. only wanted the users to avoid engaging with people and accounts that are unfamiliar to them. This would also assure that users will be steered away from interacting with strangers to prevent possible undesirable experience in socializing.
The social media company announced that in the upcoming weeks, the users will be tapped through a notification that will be launched on the Android devices. Meanwhile, the iOS version will be released after a few months.
"We have all come to realise both the importance of digital tools for staying connected to one another - especially during the pandemic - as well as some of the potential risks that these tools can create," a Snap Inc. spokesperson said in a report by Daily Mail.
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The spokesperson added that a high risk of encountering bad experiences with unknown individuals can be interconnected with other aspects like misinformation and harassment. Moreover, the company representative continued that the social media giant is intended for the persons to establish 'real' connections with their friends, relatives, and other close contacts in real life. The strangers, on the other hand, will have a hard time finding connections with other Snapchatters.
Snapchat released the feature "Friend Check Up" on February 9, which also marks Safer Internet Day. "Friend Check Up" will also be a way to secure a more social media-friendly environment especially for the younger users who spend a long time on the internet during the pandemic.
It is also possible that Snapchat joined the social media safety campaign because some people protested that other online apps should receive heavy punishment for their negligence and lack of security and privacy protection.
Safety for Social Media Platforms
Last month, Snapchat released the "Safety Snapshot" channel which permits the users to send videos and images which will immediately be removed. The social media company also created two-factor authentication and improved the privacy settings of the application. In addition, they also release information for phishing awareness and protection, per Tech Xplore.
In the same month, TikTok also joined the safety platform campaign when they released a privacy setting for young users aged 13 to 15 years old. The feature will involve prioritizing the privacy of the said age group, which is most vulnerable to unwanted risks on the internet.
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Written by Joen Coronel
