<P> The Dancing Hot Dog is the name often used to refer to a character and an Internet meme that originated in 2017, after the Snapchat mobile app released a photo and video filter that includes an animated rendering of a dancing anthropomorphic hot dog . </P> <P> Snapchat often releases filters (also referred to as lenses) for its users to use; like the app's other filters, the dancing hot dog filter is found by opening the in - app camera and tapping the screen until the filter options appear . The hot dog in the filter can be made larger or smaller, and it can also be moved around the screen, including when users record video . While many Snapchat filters use a phone's front - facing camera, the hot dog filter requires users to switch to their rear - facing camera . </P>

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