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The Problem with Snapchat Filters

The Problem with Snaphat Filters

5/5/18




To begin, if your a teen, then most likely you have been on Snapchat. I myself own a Snapchat account and various times I have been through the wide selection of face filters before I take a picture. While some filters may just be for aesthetic appeal, others distort your appearance to an unnatural extent. As a result, people may use such filters as a clutch, to resolve their own insecurities, or to mask themselves.

For example, some filters such as the cat filter distort your appearance to an extraordinary extent. Imperfections and acne on your skin get masked. Extra fat or a double chin gets removed. The bags under your eyes magically disappear and the overall tone of your skin gets evened out. I personally have used this filter(not because I wanted to look like a cat but because I was just testing it out) and the final result hardly resembles the actual me. Furthermore, this filter is too manipulative. It's deceptive and ultimately sets the fine line for beauty standards.

As a result, people begin to use this filter as a clutch. Primarily due to the filter's deceptive manner, people use it to distort their appearance and to ultimately make it look more "perfect". Furthermore, this causes people to conceal their unique physical characteristics and ultimately change their appearance. Overall, this filter is toxic and pollutes everything that it touches. 

I believe that face filters should be just for fun. Also, I realize that must of been the initial goal, however, it's as though it strayed from the original path. Face filters are becoming too deceptive of one's appearance and ultimately sets the bar for beauty standards. Furthermore, I believe that face filters can exist, however, they have to tone down the face altering effects. 





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  1. UnknownMay 9, 2018 at 9:17 PM

    I enjoyed reading this because of how new and different the content is. You pretty much summed everything up perfectly but to add, I think that these filters have become such a standard it makes the user feel insignificant without them. Sometimes it is easy to mask all your insecurities behind a filter, I find myself doing this as well. This trend makes it so we aren't content with our natural selves, something I think is very dangerous.

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