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08-02-2016, 06:16 PM
Facebook goes after Snapchat with Instagram Stories
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The war between Facebook and Snapchat just got real.*
The Facebook-owned photos app just introduced a new feature called Instagram Stories and yes — it's a lot like Snapchat's feature of the same name.*
SEE ALSO: Dear millennials: Instagram doesn't owe you anything (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/stop-freaking-out-about-instagram-already/)
Instagram Stories, which is beginning to roll out to users **w, allow users to create ephemeral "slideshows" separate from their main feed, which disappear after 24 hours. Like Snapchat, you can an**tate your images with doodles, text and emoji and keep tabs on who is viewing your Story.
Stories live in a bar at the top of your home feed. Like the photos and videos that appear in your feed, Stories are algorithmically ranked, though **t by the same algorithm that determines the order of your feed. Instead, they are ranked based on relationship — people you are closer to should, in theory, be closer to the front of the queue. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/instagram-stories-update/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The war between Facebook and Snapchat just got real.*
The Facebook-owned photos app just introduced a new feature called Instagram Stories and yes — it's a lot like Snapchat's feature of the same name.*
SEE ALSO: Dear millennials: Instagram doesn't owe you anything (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/stop-freaking-out-about-instagram-already/)
Instagram Stories, which is beginning to roll out to users **w, allow users to create ephemeral "slideshows" separate from their main feed, which disappear after 24 hours. Like Snapchat, you can an**tate your images with doodles, text and emoji and keep tabs on who is viewing your Story.
Stories live in a bar at the top of your home feed. Like the photos and videos that appear in your feed, Stories are algorithmically ranked, though **t by the same algorithm that determines the order of your feed. Instead, they are ranked based on relationship — people you are closer to should, in theory, be closer to the front of the queue. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/instagram-stories-update/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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