Snapchat is introducing a new feature that will remind users to remove unwanted connections from their contact list. The feature, called “friend verification”, will encourage users to remove their friend list from the app with a notification that says “Snapchat is for real friends”.
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Clicking on the notification will allow users to access their Snapchat connections and remove people they don’t want or need to connect with anymore. The feature will not be released for several weeks, but the company is forecasting the update now to promote Safer Internet Day.
It is not a new feeling for Snap, which has long called itself an app aimed more at close friends than at a large social graph. But it is the latest way for the company to try to distance itself from Facebook, which is still struggling to discover how resources as groups have fueled a huge crunch of disinformation.