15. A method, comprising: at a first electronic device with a display and an input device: receiving user selection of a text effect; receiving user input of a text of an original multi-word first text; associating the text effect with the original multi-word first text thereby forming a message, the message comprising text effect metadata identifying the text effect; sending formatting instructions to display the original multi-word first text in accordance with the text effect to a second electronic device in a messaging application, wherein the messaging application includes a plurality of content items including the first representation; receiving a user input with respect to the first representation in the form of a tap gesture on a touch-sensitive display associated with the second electronic device; and in response to the user input with respect to the first representation, providing instructions to the second electronic device to: transiently replace the displayed first representation with a display of the original multi-word first text for a predetermined time period, wherein all other content items in the plurality of content items are not replaced, and without further user intervention, upon completion of the predetermined time period, restore display of the first representation.
15. A method, comprising: at a first electronic device with a display and an input device: receiving user selection of a text effect; receiving user input of a text of an original multi-word first text; associating the text effect with the original multi-word first text thereby forming a message, the message comprising text effect metadata identifying the text effect; sending formatting instructions to display the original multi-word first text in accordance with the text effect to a second electronic device in a messaging application, wherein the messaging application includes a plurality of content items including the first representation; receiving a user input with respect to the first representation in the form of a tap gesture on a touch-sensitive display associated with the second electronic device; and in response to the user input with respect to the first representation, providing instructions to the second electronic device to: transiently replace the displayed first representation with a display of the original multi-word first text for a predetermined time period, wherein all other content items in the plurality of content items are not replaced, and without further user intervention, upon completion of the predetermined time period, restore display of the first representation. 17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first representation comprises an obscuring graphic over the original multi-word first text.