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The Dos and Don'ts of Snapchat Stories

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The Dos and Don'ts of Snapchat Stories

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Video yourself singing along to the radio.

I get it, taylor swift did it and we were obsessed. News Flash!! You, my dear friend, are not Taylor Swift. Whether you've got talent or you fancy yourself a comedian, it is better left in the privacy of your own vehicle.

Memorialize your highly intoxicated friend passed out on the couch or bathroom floor

They wouldn't want to see that and neither do we.

For the love of all things holy… don't share your meal with your snapchat friends

As tasty as brunch, lunch, dinner, and all things in between might be… my fat self cannot taste your gourmet what have you through my phone. Long story short.. if I can't eat it, I don't want to see it!


Add a photo of you and your friends taken by someone else!

This is snap chat people, an app created for the narcissist in all of us, a haven where selfies are encouraged! Asking an already uncomfortable stranger to take a picture of you and your friends is reserved for more formal apps like Instagram or Facebook.

Take a picture of the blue sky and put the temperature on top

We know.. either we are soaking up the sun on the beach or quietly crying in the back of class.

Save us all the tapping and keep your story under 100 seconds!

People these days have shorter attention spans than goldfish, we can not be focusing on your nightly rendezvous for more than a minute and a half, we have our own to try and remember!

Do...

Capture a truly remarkable video of your mother

Whether she is singing the lyrics to Trap Queen or taking shots on parents weekend, it needs to be both shared and saved for future black mailing or guilt trips!

Take a fantastically angled selfie with your friends

Don't forget swipe right for that perfect filter… its not cat fishing, its just good photography

Catch that one ridiculous guy dancing to NSYNC

We commend you for being in the right place at the right time and we commend him for pulling out those far from graceful but still entertaining moves.

Share your hilarious artwork with your friends

If you have managed to turn yourself into a pretty convincing lumberjack or disney princess by all means add to story and mass snap that thing! Bonus points if you do a series!

Post each and every dog, cat, friendly dolphin, etc. you find!

What can I say, chicks dig animals! If you find a darling puppy even remotely near me I want a picture and a geotag as soon as possible!

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