What is slingshot?
Everyone is talking about Slingshot. But what is it actually? First of all: Slingshot is an app developed by Facebook. Read more about this in this practical tip.
Slingshot: Snapshot competitor from Facebook
Slingshot is based on the snapshot idea. With the Snapchat app you can send pictures to friends. The friends who receive your pictures will see the photos for a moment. Then the pictures destroy themselves.
- Slingshot is also based on this idea. It is therefore an instant messaging app in which the users should communicate with each other using photos.
- Slingshot adds another idea to the concept: In order to be able to view a received photo, you have to reply to the sender beforehand with a "sling", also with a photo.
- The app has not yet been published in Germany. Facebook had a mishap in June 2014. They accidentally released the app too early. Actually, the app is still in the development phase.
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