Snapchat's
decision to dedicate its live stream to the Muslim holy city of Mecca
in Saudi Arabia has set social media alight, with hundreds of thousands
of tweets on the topic.Digital analytics site
Topsy recorded
more than one million mentions on Twitter alone, as Muslim users first
lobbied
Snapchat to feature the city and then reacted to the stream of
content that flowed online once the hugely-popular, social media app
agreed to do so.Many
Muslims showed appreciation to Snapchat for changing the perceptions
others had of Islam, commenting that it made a change from the usual
coverage.Some people who did not follow the religion went as far as saying the online event had made them consider adopting the faith.The Snapchat live feature works by stitching different short video clips
in to one continuous stream of footage that users can swipe through.
Users posted scenes of prayers, rituals, and even jokes. Here a user
pokes fun at the traditional head shaving ritual that follows the
pilgrimage.
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Snapchat's
decision to dedicate its live stream to the Muslim holy city of Mecca
in Saudi Arabia has set social media alight, with hundreds of thousands
of tweets on the topic.Digital analytics site Topsy recorded
more than one million mentions on Twitter alone, as Muslim users first
lobbied