You may think you can trust everyone you have on Snap, but you can never be too cautious, especially with people who you’ve never met before.

If you zoom in enough on the map, you can see the town, street and even the exact layout of the house on the street. The Snap Map can also be a safety hazard because everybody that you allow to see your location, can see your exact location at all times. It can feel like you are being ignored, and therefore take a toll on your mental health.

One of your friends could be active on Snapchat fifteen minutes ago, but it could be twelve hours since they last responded to you. It’s never a good feeling to know your friends made plans and you couldn’t go, but it’s worse to know you were available and you weren’t invited.Īnother feature of the Snap Map is the ability to see how long ago somebody was active, meaning the last time they were using Snapchat. You could be having a good day but the second you click on the Snap Map and see a bunch of your friends hanging out together, your day could instantly be ruined. You can have your location on for individual people or everybody.īecause of COVID, spending a lot of your time locked in your house might result in spending time on Snapchat talking to your friends. The Snap Map is the function where you can display your current location for the people that have you added on Snapchat.

The Snap Map isn’t beneficial for many reasons, especially not for your mental health. There are many pros and cons to Snapchat, but one of the biggest cons is the Snap Map feature. Although Khalid once said “send me your location,” teens having their location on Snapchat has become a rather unsettling issue in today’s society.

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