AppleInsider Staff
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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8 Comments
Nobody uses that thing. Everyone's on Kik and Snapchat. Slingshot will be dead within 2 months.
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'.
[quote name="PhilBoogie" url="/t/181655/facebooks-slingshot-adds-reactions-to-reactions-in-latest-update-bypasses-reply-to-unlock#post_2572326"]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'.[/quote] Agreed ... hey wait .. from one of those people down south ... where are they?
[quote name="digitalclips" url="/t/181655/facebooks-slingshot-adds-reactions-to-reactions-in-latest-update-bypasses-reply-to-unlock#post_2572371"] Agreed ... hey wait .. from one of those people down south ... where are they?[/quote] They can't speak right now as they have their mouth full.
[quote name="PhilBoogie" url="/t/181655/facebooks-slingshot-adds-reactions-to-reactions-in-latest-update-bypasses-reply-to-unlock#post_2572377"] They can't speak right now as they have their mouth full.[/quote] Can this not be discussed during breakfast time? :lol: