Seriously, ** one is
using Facebook Stories
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Facebook is the world's most successful social network — but it shows you an abject failure every time you open its app.
One month in, ** one's
using "Stories," the Snapchat clone that sits on top of your News Feed on the mobile app.
Facebook wants this to be the place where you "
show friends what you're up to," but it's amounting to bupkis, a worthless void taking up a prime slice of the internet's most important real estate.
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It's possible this is by design. (Is
Facebook intentionally watering down the "Stories" feature to diminish Snapchat's relevance?
Perhaps!) But it's **t a good look for the social network, which has struggled with its image in the past year after a ****** of high-profile
missteps. Think of it this way: At a time when
Facebook is
particularly invested in making sure users want to use its app, the first thing it broadcasts when you tap in is that
** one is
using a marquee feature.
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