Facebook's Slingshot adds 'reactions-to-reactions' in latest update, bypasses reply to unlock

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in iPhone edited August 2014
Facebook on Thursday pushed out an update to its Slingshot photo messaging service and app, allowing users to bypass the "reply-to-unlock" mechanic by replying to "reactions" with photos, video or text.



Slingshot version 1.1 looks to loosen restrictions on the "reply-to-unlock" mode of operation, which in many situations required users to respond to an unrelated post if they wanted to carry on a conversation.

With the latest version, users can now respond to a reaction with a photo, video or text.

For example, in the above Slingshot conversation taken from the service's official blog, Joey first sends a picture of a shop, which Drew unlocks by slinging back a photo. Once the photo is unlocked, Slingshot allows Joey to post a "reaction," which in this case was the question, "What shop is this?"

Prior to today's update, Drew's options for reply would be to send a new photo to be unlocked, or react to a different shot from Joey, if one existed. The method was cumbersome and made long back-and-forth conversations difficult.

In addition to the reactions-to-reactions feature, Slingshot now links with Facebook and Address Book contacts for friend discovery. Finally, a new My People tab organizes ongoing conversations in one place for quick access.

Slingshot version 1.1 is available now as a free 11MB download from the App Store.

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    bighypebighype Posts: 148member
    Nobody uses that thing. Everyone's on Kik and Snapchat. Slingshot will be dead within 2 months.
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  • Reply 2 of 8
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    Replying with a photo? Guess FB doesn't want people to communicate. Simply reply with a photo, or try to out-funny a previous poster with yet another one-liner to their feed. What a pathetic design, what a pathetic company, what a pathetic piece of crap software.

    Facebook May it go down faster than a fluff girl can 'go south'.
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  • Reply 3 of 8
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    philboogie wrote: »
    Replying with a photo? Guess FB doesn't want people to communicate. Simply reply with a photo, or try to out-funny a previous poster with yet another one-liner to their feed. What a pathetic design, what a pathetic company, what a pathetic piece of crap software.

    Facebook May it go down faster than a fluff girl can 'go south'.

    Agreed ... hey wait .. from one of those people down south ... where are they?
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member

    Agreed ... hey wait .. from one of those people down south ... where are they?

    They can't speak right now as they have their mouth full.
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  • Reply 5 of 8
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    philboogie wrote: »
    They can't speak right now as they have their mouth full.

    Can this not be discussed during breakfast time? :lol:
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    Great. Now we are going to have MORE people busy snapping pictures while NOT watching where they are walking or stopping.
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    sockrolidsockrolid Posts: 2,789member
    Hmmm, is 'reactions-to-reactions' the same as 'chimp-screaming upon chimp-screaming'?

    Or is "chimp screaming" only something that happens in forums?
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    evilutionevilution Posts: 1,399member

    I have read this a few times and really don't understand WTF is going on. Why be forced to jump through hoops to initiate a chat when so many other services just let you chat?

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