Most Snapchat users are pretty great at using the app — either by mastering the art of being clever [1] or sending a snap that makes people read between the lines [2]. People also generally follow the rule of not sending anything they'd hate to see become public, but there are a few other mistakes you might be making that will make you cringe. Not to worry — these are pretty fixable and easy to avoid as soon as you're aware of 'em.

Typing something and then changing your mind.

Start typing something and then regret it? Better come up with something else fast, 'cause that person already knows you were writing to them thanks to a push notification.

Always being the first to see someone's snap story.

While it may be tempting to see what people — including that ex you haven't deleted yet — are up to as soon as they post a story, resist the urge! They can easily check to see who has looked at their story first and how eager you were.

Using only one line of text.

Yes, it's actually possible to use more than one line of text [3]. The steps are pretty simple and just involve a quick copy and paste trick.

Taking a screenshot of a snap.

Just a friendly reminder that someone will get a notification of you screenshotting a snap, so unless it's your good friend, don't even try it.

Not using all the coolest Spapchat features.

If you don't know about geofilters or hidden colors, you’re using Snapchat as if you just downloaded it. Once you learn how to do these awesome tricks [4], you'll find the app so much more fun to use.