Facebook goes after Snapchat with Instagram Stories
 

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.*

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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...

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