If you see a small padlock beside someone’s Snapchat Story, it does not mean you were blocked or that something is wrong with your account. The lock identifies a Private Story shared with a selected audience. The lock may appear purple, grey or occasionally blue depending on whether the Story has been viewed, where it…
Your Snapchat Best Friends list rearranged itself overnight, and no one told you why. The person locked at the top for weeks quietly slipped, and someone you barely message climbed into their place. It looks random from the outside. It isn’t. There’s a precise system running underneath every one of those changes, and once you…
Snap Map can show your location to friends you choose, which is useful for meeting up or letting someone know you arrived safely. Still, there are plenty of times when you may not want your location visible. Snapchat Ghost Mode gives you a quick way to hide it without stopping you from using the rest…
You receive a message on Snapchat, but you are not ready to reply. Opening the conversation will change the message from Delivered to Opened, so you may want to read it without sending a read receipt. This is where the Snapchat half swipe comes in. Half swiping lets you partially open a conversation from the…
You open your Snapchat chat list and notice a gray X beside someone’s name. It can feel worrying, especially if that person used to be one of your Snapchat friends. In most cases, though, the X does not mean you have been blocked. The gray X usually means that you and the other person are…
Open Snapchat and you may see a yellow heart beside one friend, a fire symbol beside another, and a pair of eyes under your Story. None of these appear randomly. Snapchat emojis and symbols provide quick information about your friendships, Snapstreaks, Stories and message status. Most Friend Emojis are assigned automatically based on how you…