On May 13th, Vice published an interview with a psychiatrist titled “We Asked a Psychiatrist Why We’re So Obsessed with the Dog Filter.” On May 18th, the womens interest blog Allure published an article titled “Theres a Reason Why You Love the Dog Filter on Snapchat,” which claimed the filter hides imperfections and elongates faces. On May 20th, a parody horror movie trailer starring Ariana Grande was broadcast on Jimmy Kimmel Live, in which she is cursed with wearing the dog filter in real life after using the Snapchat app (shown below). Within 72 hours, the sketch received upwards of 380,000 views and 240 comments on YouTube. On May 23rd, Snapchat disabled access to the filter to promote a new set of filters promoting the the film X-Men Apocalypse.
The Dog Filter is a special effect featured in Snapchat which allows users to place a dog’s nose, ears and tongue over their faces when taking a selfie. The feature has been controversially dubbed the “hoe filter” due to the combined factors of its popular usage among young women and apparent promiscuity of the animated tongue in appearance.
On April 9th, Urban Dictionary user sugary submitted an entry for “hoe filter,” defining it as an alternative name for the Snapchat dog filter. On April 22nd, Vice published an article titled The Internet is Slut Shaming Women Over Snapchat Filters Now,” which criticized the use of the term “hoe filter” for being sexist. On April 27th, YouTuber Unoriginality uploaded a video titled “A Hoes Favorite Snapchat Filter,” in which a woman is accused of being a “whore” after her boyfriend walks in on her using the Snapchat filter (shown below).
In February 2016, Snapchat released a major update to the mobile application with a set of seven animated special effects for the selfie mode called “Lens,” which included a “Dog Filter” that uses facial recognition software to place a canine nose and ears over an individuals face, as well as a tongue that droops down whenever the mouth is open.
What filter turns your dog into a cartoon?
To start your dog’s animated transformation, simply open the Snapchat app on your phone. Next to the button you use to take a photo, you’ll find an emoji smiley face which you can tap to open up all of Snapchat’s filters.
What happened to the dog filter on Snapchat?
From Google search: Snapchat takes a strong internet connection. Since you can only see the dog filter, it may be due to the usage of that filter over the others which makes it loaded before the other filters. You can refresh or clear the cache memory and then let the app load all the filters again.