Facebook's Slingshot Makes Users Share Photos

If you show me your selfie, I'll show you mine

Facebook’s latest attempt at a Snapchat rival, Slingshot, could also be its big contribution to selfie culture. The new app is being launched by Facebook today on the iPhone and Android, and it represents a fresh attempt at easy, ephemeral picture sharing.

Slingshot hopes to capitalize on the popularity of image-based messaging, giving users a way to share with multiple friends fleeting photos that fly away after being opened. But in order to view a photo, a user has to share a photo, too.

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