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As ‘banjaxed’ and ‘eejit’ are perfectly sensible words and should not appear underlined in red every time you write them.
5. Irish-only trending topics
If it isn’t the weather, Love/Hate or the government, it isn’t spoken about on social media in Ireland. So, this feature narrows down trending topics so nobody gets confused.
When your friends tag you in that 3am photo in the middle of Coppers dance floor, you don’t have to untag yourself, just simply blur your worse-for-wear face out. Job done.
7. In-direct messages
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We all know that Irish people can’t speak their mind, especially in the matters of love. This feature lets you awkwardly dance around any topic until the person you are messaging finally gets the picture.
Monday 23 December, 2024
Monday 23 December, 2024
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7 important features an Irish social media site would need
AS ANOTHER SOCIAL media website is floated on the New York stock exchange, we decided to take a look at what would make a truly great Irish social network.
Here’s what it would need:
1. No friend requests
No need for this, sure we all know each other anyway.
2. Event invites without times
Because who actually turns up to an event on time in Ireland?
3. A ‘fake check-in’ button
For when you disappear on a night out and you need to convince everyone you were just “outside having a chat”.
4. Hiberno-English spell checker
As ‘banjaxed’ and ‘eejit’ are perfectly sensible words and should not appear underlined in red every time you write them.
5. Irish-only trending topics
If it isn’t the weather, Love/Hate or the government, it isn’t spoken about on social media in Ireland. So, this feature narrows down trending topics so nobody gets confused.
6. FaceBlur
When your friends tag you in that 3am photo in the middle of Coppers dance floor, you don’t have to untag yourself, just simply blur your worse-for-wear face out. Job done.
7. In-direct messages
We all know that Irish people can’t speak their mind, especially in the matters of love. This feature lets you awkwardly dance around any topic until the person you are messaging finally gets the picture.
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