A Snapchat feature is feeding teens’ deepest insecurities

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Snapchat+ is the apps $4-a-month subscription service..

A lot of kids my age have trouble differentiating best friends on Snapchat from actual best friends in real life," says Callie Schietinger, a 15-year-old in Yorktown, N.Y. ..

Even without Snapchat+, the app can show teens where they stand with friends via emojis..

Maximilian Milovidov, a 17-year-old in London and a youth digital-safety advocate, says his friends often use the old-fashioned approach: swapping phones and peeking at the activity in each others social-media accounts..

Isabelle da Costa, a 20-year-old college student in Atlanta, says Snapchats solar system reminds her of the apps old days, when anyone could see who their friends top three friends wereand whether they made the list..