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01-23-2018, 09:41 PM
Snapchat update lets Stories spread via text, email, even Facebook
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Sending and viewing snaps isn't just for Snapchat anymore. No, we're not talking about jumping ship to Instagram Stories.*
On Tuesday, Snap introduced an un-Snapchat-like move that allows users to send links of Snapchat Stories for viewing outside of the Snapchat app. This change means anyone — not just Snapchat users — can see snaps from celebrities, media partners, and some everyday users (http://mashable.com/2017/03/31/snapchat-stories-search/) via desktop and mobile thanks to a new web player.*
SEE ALSO: Snapchat just did the most anti-Snapchat thing ever (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/snapchat-year-in-review-memories-video/)
So, yeah, forget about Snapchat being just for the kids on Snapchat. Anyone can see what's happening on Snapchat, at least from publicly shared snaps. The move opens up Snapchat in a way that's similar to Twitter introducing embedded tweets in 2011 (http://mashable.com/2011/12/08/twitter-embeddeble-tweets-wordpress-posterous/) and Facebook with embedded posts in 2013 (http://mashable.com/2013/07/31/facebook-embeddable-posts/). Media companies, for example, could use embeddable Stories to share Snapchat's exclusive footage from breaking news events (http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/snapchat-breaking-news/), which is one of Snap's big bets (http://mashable.com/2017/09/26/snapchat-authentic-news-versus-facebook/). The links do disappear after 30 days, however.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/snapchat-update-story-player-web-sharing/)
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Sending and viewing snaps isn't just for Snapchat anymore. No, we're not talking about jumping ship to Instagram Stories.*
On Tuesday, Snap introduced an un-Snapchat-like move that allows users to send links of Snapchat Stories for viewing outside of the Snapchat app. This change means anyone — not just Snapchat users — can see snaps from celebrities, media partners, and some everyday users (http://mashable.com/2017/03/31/snapchat-stories-search/) via desktop and mobile thanks to a new web player.*
SEE ALSO: Snapchat just did the most anti-Snapchat thing ever (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/snapchat-year-in-review-memories-video/)
So, yeah, forget about Snapchat being just for the kids on Snapchat. Anyone can see what's happening on Snapchat, at least from publicly shared snaps. The move opens up Snapchat in a way that's similar to Twitter introducing embedded tweets in 2011 (http://mashable.com/2011/12/08/twitter-embeddeble-tweets-wordpress-posterous/) and Facebook with embedded posts in 2013 (http://mashable.com/2013/07/31/facebook-embeddable-posts/). Media companies, for example, could use embeddable Stories to share Snapchat's exclusive footage from breaking news events (http://mashable.com/2016/10/21/snapchat-breaking-news/), which is one of Snap's big bets (http://mashable.com/2017/09/26/snapchat-authentic-news-versus-facebook/). The links do disappear after 30 days, however.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/snapchat-update-story-player-web-sharing/)
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