Instagram now lets you vandalize your friends’ photos with custom text and doodles
In a bid to encourage more users to privately message one another, Instagram today announced
a new feature it’s calling “remixing.” The process involves editing a
friend’s photo sent to you via direct message with stickers and custom
text and doodles, and then sending it back to them within another photo
of yourself.
That way, you can make it seem like your friend’s selfie
is part of your own staged scene, giving your friend free rein to make
you look as goofy or compromised as possible. You can also control how
many times the message can be viewed by your friends by choosing between
“one view” or “allow replay” options when sending. The update is live
now, Instagram says.
If that sounds confusing, that’s because it is. But visually, you can see what the app maker is going for here:
You can probably already see all the playful chaos you
can cause with such a feature when applied with a more adult-themed
mindset. I mean, we live in a world where a US Navy pilot drew a giant penis using the exhaust clouds of his aircraft
this month. I shudder to think of the kind of vandalism close friends
may be willing to subject one another to in the privacy of their
Instagram DM chats.
Still, perhaps I’m expecting the worst out of what may
amount to a relatively harmless feature. Maybe people will really draw
goofy neon light sunglasses on their friends’ faces, or share their
colorful, tropical-themed drinks and never pull pranks on each other
using unfettered access to doodling tools and a perfectly innocent
photograph. What a world that would be.
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