Systems and methods for visual cue based messaging

A method comprising:

• rendering on a display of a device a messenger application graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first message thread between a user and a first recipient, and a first visual cue graphical element representative of a first visual cue for the first recipient;
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• updating the messenger application GUI rendered on the display so that the messenger application GUI comprises a second message thread between the user and a second recipient, and a second visual cue graphical element representative of a second visual cue for the second recipient, wherein the first and second visual cues for the first and second recipients, respectively, reduce a likelihood that the user send a message to an unintended recipient.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising machine readable instructions executable by a processor, the machine readable instructions comprising:

• a messenger module to output on a display a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a message thread between a user and a recipient, and a visual cue graphical element representative of a visual cue for the recipient to reduce a likelihood that a message sent using the messenger application GUI to the recipient is sent to an unintended receipt;
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• a contact list module to output on the display a visual cue graphical rendering control element for enabling the visual cue graphical element to be provided as part of the GUI.