What Does S/U Mean on a Snapchat Story?

Even though you’re not a big social media user, it is most likely you have heard the name Snapchat before. This can be through some friend, on the news, or perhaps saw someone wearing funky yellow color glasses? Well, there is a lot to Snapchat so let’s dive into it.

Snapchat was developed by two Stanford university students named Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. They worked on the concept that the emoticons were not sufficient enough to transmit their day-to-day emotions so they both came up with a theory of time-limited photo-sharing and that’s what contributed to the rise of the Snapchat app.

So, what exactly is Snapchat?

In this era of technological advancement, where catching up with your loved ones has just become a “task”, there stands a mobile messaging app, initially been introduced by a company named snap and is widely known as “Snapchat”. One of the core concepts of the app is any picture, video, or message (also known as a snap) that you share with someone over the app by default is made available to the receiver for only a short time after which it becomes inaccessible meaning neither the receiver nor the sender can retrieve the data or a snapback.

The app serves as the best medium to promote a natural flow of interaction between the users and is highly popular among young people because of its huge interface by offering a variety of features like story filters, memories, Bitmoji avatars, AR-based lens or sending live locations. Snapchat has changed over these years and brought updates with it too thereby promoting a standard where the app promises to offer more; meaning the app which was back in 2018 is no longer the same as it is now in 2022. One such feature is s/u on Snapchat.

The S/U feature in Snapchat:

The feature s/u means swipe up. This feature has been added for the viewers to swipe up and comment on something that is related to the sender’s story. The trend is majorly started on the stories because the sender wants to engage with the receiver by setting up a general story thereby inviting the audience to chat with him/her.

Another reason is to affiliate a certain page through the link on their story with the sole purpose of promoting their business or any other favorite website. Or people want to engage others by asking questions which is probably the reason why this swipe-up option is a big hit on Instagram too.

In other words, s/u is a call-to-action feature that allows a user to set up the links that will highlight the attachment indicating the process through which the link could be accessed easily and in a one-go.

All you got to do is physically swipe up with your finger on the screen of the Snapchat story. S/U are used on snaps obviously and in the form of stories, stickers, Bitmojis, or GIFs. Isn’t it so cool? Snapchat adds these amazing swipe-up GIFs or animated stickers to play around with. The purpose is to either get more views or direct their audience to any brands that tend to sponsor them.

Is there something more to S/U?

Besides swipe up the word offers a slang term too known as shut up. This slang is generally used for asking someone to stop talking and is a very blunt way to tell so.

This seems rude, no?

But never mind it can also be used in a joking or a teasing manner mostly between the closed ones. The users are mostly adults and teenagers. SU when used in the form of slang like shut up represents interjections. Interjections are those words that express a sudden feeling or any emotion. They can be used to express grief, dismay, disapproval, etc.

Creating a s/u on Snapchat:

It’s okay, I have got it all covered for you. Here I will show you the step-by-step guide on how to perfectly create a s/u option on Snapchat.

Step 1: Open Snapchat and go to your profile by clicking on the avatar. Then click on Add to my Story option.

Step 2: Take a picture and then click on the attachment shown on the right side of the screen.

Step 3: Once clicked on the attachment, add the link by typing it on Type a URL.

Step 4: Once typed, enter and the URL will appear as a link on your story. Choose Swipe up option from the search bar and upload it. You may then add the story to your Snapchat profile.

The entire purpose for this feature was to make the app handier and simpler in terms of its usage where a newbie feels aware to add site connections to his/her stories. Although Snapchat has enabled the option of allowing the user to attach the links to the snaps, there is still a major chunk of people who aren’t aware of the swipe up or slide up feature. To some, it is hidden by default but in reality, it can be found by going to one of the search tabs from where you select and add your emojis or stickers.

All you got to do is either swipe or make it shut. Period!

The popularity of Snapchat:

Snapchat is going miles by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and most importantly HAVE FUN TOGETHER!!! It is the easiest and the fastest way to communicate with the full range of human emotions with your friends without pressure to be popular, pretty, or perfect just as the company says.

Since Snapchat popularity is widely known, a study by Omnicore shows that on average, users spend 49.5 minutes a day on Snapchat and send 34.1 messages a day. Just to quote, the user's ratio mostly constitutes the teens or the young lot. As Snapchat tends to remove the photo after the receiver views it in split seconds so there is a lower risk of having or allowing anyone to have a photo meaning that eventually, it creates a temptation for the teens to use Snapchat for illegal or immoral purposes such as sexting.

Snapchat itself admits that up to 25% of users may send sensitive content on a regular basis “experimentally.” Though Snapchat has been acted as a medium of communication hereby understanding values, creating a level of respect for each other’s culture, getting to know each and everyone over the globe, it has again created a delusion where only mental problems are triggered constituting to anxiety, loneliness, and depression by looking at carefully filtered pictures of the people thereby leading to body consciousness and eating disorders, fear of missing out, and bullying.

Another problem that may arise is, that the app could itself become addictive if not properly monitored. There’s a term used in Snapchat called “streak” which appears when the users start sending each other the snaps consecutively for two days or more and they get incentivized upon it by getting points. So, these are some of the dark sides.

Be careful about what you choose and how you choose!

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