Snapchat all the things! Facebookâs plan to copy everything that made Snapchat successful is finally reaching its final form with the launch of stories in the main Facebook app. You can now share stories with your Facebook friends and see what your friends have been up to for the past 24 hours.
At the top of the Facebook app, youâll see rounded profile pictures representing stories by your friends. If you tap on one, itâll open your friendâs story with photos, videos, drawings and camera effects. Essentially, Facebook is creating a second newsfeed for the mobile generation. It is swapping text and photo updates with visual communication because it feels more personal. Once you get access to stories, youâll find a camera icon in the top left corner of the Facebook app. You can then take photos and pictures, add effects and drawings and share the result. After 24 hours, posts in your story disappear forever. Facebook is also adding new camera effects today. Facebook is introducing Direct as well, a new inbox for direct messages. It is reminiscent of Snapchatâs direct messages. This way, you can share photos and videos with one or multiple friends in particular, or reply to your friendsâ stories. So Facebook has now added stories to all its main apps â Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp. While Instagramâs stories have been a huge success , letâs see if Facebookâs user base also wants to embrace the story format.
Facebook Stories and Direct are rolling out today. You wonât necessarily see stories straight away, but theyâre on their way.
