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Facebook’s answer to Snapchat, dubbed Slingshot, launched with a fizz back in June but didn’t see much adoption, with many complaining it was too much work compared with Snapchat. It seems the company has decided to completely change how the app works; when it launched, you could send images to friends, who could only view your image by sending an image back. In Slingshot 2.0, you can follow friends (like on Twitter or Instagram) and when you share an image it’s shared in a feed. Friends and followers can “react” to your images by posting an image of their own, which…

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