Snapchat users have a list of best friends among their contacts list on the app. It is possible to have up to eight best friends, and their rank varies according to their activities. This article will help you understand how the "best friends" part works on Snapchat.
How do you become best friends with someone on Snapchat?
Snapchat determines how close you are to a correspondent by the frequency of your exchanges. Your best Snapchat friends are contacts with whom you interact the most on the application. They are at the top of the list recipients when you chat. Of course, the best friends you have on Snapchat aren't necessarily the same best friends you have in real life, and the bond of friendship isn't always the same both ways.
In all cases, you can have more than 8 best friends on this platform and are updated regularly!
How do friend emojis work on Snapchat?
Snapchat's algorithm is based on your friends' emojis (emoticons) to assess the quality of your relationship with them. Having said that, these emojis can evolve over time, in line with your discussions with your correspondents, because you stay more or less in chat on the application and send more or fewer snaps.
What are the roles of friend emojis?
Unlike the classic emoticons of other messengers, Snapchat's emoticons have a very specific role. On the photo-centric ephemeral communication platform, the function known as friends emojis consists of build friendships in a fun way between users.
Some examples and meanings of friend emojis :
As you send and receive multiple snaps with a friend on Snapchat, you'll see little emojis appear near their profile in your chat window.
Here are some of the most common friend emojis on Snapchat with their interpretation:
- Best friends (Smile) 😊
Snapchat shows a smiling emoji next to the profile of a contact considered to be among your best friends. However, you're not necessarily his best friend on his side. The smile emoticon can appear with any user Snapchat as long as you interact with them more often.
- Snapstreak (Fire)🔥
A fire emoji appears next to your correspondent's profile at the start of a Snapstreak (when you send each other snaps). at least 3 times a day with the same user).
- Yellow Heart (Besties) 💛
You are reciprocally best friends. The more snaps you send him, the more he sends you back. From the moment you've remained best friends with each other, the yellow heart becomes a red heart (BFF).
- Emoji smiling face with laughing eyes (best friend in common) 😁
On Snapchat, this smiling face emoji with laughing eyes appears next to the profile of a contact who shares the same best friend with you.
- Emoji sunglasses (a few best friends in common) 😎
If the smiley face wearing sunglasses appears next to your friend's Snapchat profile, it means that you have some best friends in common. It has much the same meaning as the smile emoji.
- Smirking emoji (non-reciprocal friendship) 😏
This emoji represents the real meaning of the wry smile in everyday life, in other words, an expression of disillusionment. If you see this emoji next to a profile of one of your contacts, it means you're a best friend for this personbut that Unfortunately, the feeling isn't mutual.
- Baby emoji (new friend) 👶
The baby simply wants the birth of a new friendship. When you've just added someone to your friends list on Snapchat, this emoji appears next to their profile.
- Red Heart (Best Friends Forever or BFF) ❤️
After an exchange of more than two weeks with your best friend, the red heart emoji appears on their profile.
- Two Pink Hearts (Super BFF-Soulmate in Friendship) 💕
The more time passes, the more exchanges take place, the more friendship endures. Two pink hearts next to someone's profile means they've been your best friend for at least two months.
- Snapstreak (Symbol 100) 💯
Snapstreak mode is a kind of celebrating friendshipfollowing an intense exchange of snaps between friends. The 100 symbol simply means you've been in Snapstreak mode for at least 100 days.
- End of Snapstreak (Hourglass Symbol) ⌛
This symbol is related to the fire symbol. In fact, when you become less active, the hourglass symbol appears to warn you that you're about to become more active. quit Snapstreak mode (fire symbol) if you don't hurry up and send a snap.
- star symbol 🌟
The star symbol appears when a person on your friends list has replay your snaps recently.
- Birthday cake symbol 🎂
When it's a friend's birthdayThis symbol appears next to his profile. So you can wish him a happy birthday, of course, if the birthday he's entered in the Snapchat settings is correct.
How do you remove your best friends' Snapchat profiles?
Snapchat does not include an option for users to remove friends from their list of best friends. However, it is possible toto interact a little less with those you want to remove from your list. You can also maximize your exchanges with the friends you want to find among your first best friends.
If you really want to remove someone from your list of best friends, block it then unblock it is also an effective method. This will reset the score that determines this person is your best friend.
That's how you become best friends on this Snapchat social platform. What's more, the latest version of Snapchat no longer lets other people see your best friends lists. What do you think of this new feature? Let us know what you think in the comments section.
