Slingshot - sharing photos on Facebook with the obligatory response

Popularity Snapchat It does not give the boys from Facebook resting. A previous attempt to catch up with rival giant social - Poke - not gained popularity and was quietly "sawn" from the App Store in May. The new service Slingshot still plans to implement a better place and to help.

The idea of ​​creating the application appeared in December last year at the Hackathon held subsidiary Creative Labs. The project was a "hodgepodge" of individual functions Vine, Instagram and the aforementioned Snapchat.

This service, in which everyone can feel like a creator, not a spectator.

A very bold statement of developers, especially given the fact that it is passive users make up the lion's share of the social networking audience. At the same time the creators Slingshot tried to do everything possible to rant did not remain only on paper.

The main idea of ​​the service, as well as many other instant messengers, - exchange photos and videos with your friends. But unlike the others, in the Slingshot, no one can view your message until you share something in return. Apart from the usual shooting modes selfie or those around you are interesting, drawing function is available on the shot. Diversify it can be with a brush, size and color of which can be changed. First adjustment takes place horizontally, and the second - vertically. As with all other alternatives in the application, you can create photo captions, which in this case will be displayed on top of them.

Overall Slingshot yet looks very "raw". minus — It is available only for iOS 7 and Android KitKat, ordinary design and very small user base — the developers are going to oppose an interesting concept of communication. if the service becomes a real competitor Snapchat — Time will tell. In the meantime, the application is available for both platforms. Download and share your impressions about the new format of the messenger.