#1. Don’t take too many Snaps in a day.
Give yourself a limit and avoid constantly Snapping every single thing that happens. Also, ever since Snapchat took out the timer on stories, it’s hard to tell exactly how long they’ll be. Don’t put your friends through that kind of hell.
#2. Don’t send one-second Snaps.
STOP. BEING. SUCH. A. TEASE!!! JUST!!! STOP!!!!!!!
#3. Not everyone’s a fast reader. Just set the photos to 10 seconds already, dammit.
There’s some debate over 10 seconds being too much, but think about it. If you’re done looking at the photo, just tap on it again. Seriously. It doesn’t have to be this hard, fam.
#4. Be careful where you open your Snaps.
Especially when it’s from someone you don’t know or barely know. There’s no species more unpredictable than a horn dog with Snapchat. And yes, we’re talking about dick pics.
#5. Don’t Snap and drink.
Snapchat needs to have some passcode to check if you’re sober or not. Snaps may only last for seconds, but screenshots live forever.
#6. Screenshots are only for the worthy.
Screenshots are a luxury only for the closest of friends. No exceptions. Got it? NO. EXCEPTIONS.
#7. Your Snaps don’t have to be perfect.
Double chin? Acne? A hobo photobombing your selfie? Don’t worry about it. Embrace the raw nature of Snapchat.
When you post something unfortunately regrettable to your story there’s still time to delete it (or change your view settings), but if that unfortunately regrettable thing was sent to someone, then you’re in deep shit, my friend.
#9. If flirting doesn’t go beyond Snapchat, it probably isn’t going anywhere.
Come on, guys. We’ve all had a Snap streak that went on for so long that it made us wonder, “what’s going on here?” But the cold hard truth is: if commitment issues were an app, it’d be Snapchat.