Twitter Introduces Stickers for Photos, Adds Searchable Sticker Function

Twitter users can now add stickers to their photos and get more creative with the photos that they share on the micro-blogging network.

“After you Tweet a photo with stickers on it, your photo becomes searchable in a new, visual spin on the hashtag”. Stickers and slightly longer tweets will finally Make Twitter Great Again. As TheNextWeb points out, Twitter users wanting to share support for #pride could simply add a Twitter-provided sticker to a photo, using up zero of that tweet’s characters.

Twitter has announced it is launching stickers to allow its users to add a series of cartoon-like graphics to their pictures (pictured left). If you’re using the official Twitter app for Android or iOS, you should see it soon.

The new update, which is expected to roll out in coming weeks, will afford users the option to browse through sets of stickers so they can take part in real-time conversations. Twitter has provided some on background information on plans for monetisation, but at this stage all #Stickers content is free to all users. “#Stickers give people a fun way to add their own unique style to their photos, and connect them with others around the world”. Beyond this the opportunities for specific event stickers (where are the Game of Thrones house banners when you need them?) to curate an entirely new but very natural stream of imagery are nearly limitless. If you click on a sticker in someone else’s photo, you’ll be transported to a timeline full of more photos that include that same sticker.

While at first glance, Stickers appear as something millennials – or younger – may invest their time in using, you really can’t underestimate the capabilities that this throws up in terms of being able to search images on the platform. You will have a number of options available and you can choose from hundred the stickers available online to choose the best one for your image.

Will you use stickers on Twitter?

Snapchat is attempting to bring stickers to life by allowing them to be added to videos.