Ok wait, how many Snapchat story clones has Facebook made? Instagram Stories, Messenger Day, WhatsApp Status, and now Facebook Stories? FOUR? Is that right? Just go all in on one.
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@ninjinka Let's not forget their attempts at new apps; Poke, Slingshot
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@ninjinka This and Google's messaging mess. If these companies at least made communication between each of their multiple services possible, it might be forgivable. Otherwise we're going to have to open 10 apps a day just to send a message to a group of friends. Yay for the efficiency of capitalism
I have no brand loyalty to any app using the concept of "Stories", but, please allow me to play Devil's Advocate here for a second.....
Every feature we use on the internet — that we now take for granted — originated with the first person, organization, or company to implement it. A textual status update, a blog, a rating system, pull to refresh, dropdown menus, accordions, etc...
We are all worried about who is copying who when the reality is that Stories are the next pivotal shift in the social space for how we express ourselves. Stories are becoming a "new standard". And just like the comment box I am currently typing in, the Story feature will be standardized and commodotized to the point where the interface is consistent, easy-to-use, and recognizable across all platforms and applications.
If anything, I see this as a huge win for the consumer/user. The worst thing you can do for the user is expect them to learn and memorize 5 different ways to interact with a "Story" for any given application.
TL;DR - Stories are a new standard for social communication and should be standardized so that users can easily use and understand them as they flip between apps and platforms.
@metalhaze 100% agree here. The "snapchat clone" language is not appropriate. We're just talking about the maturing of a new standard of creation and consumption on a mobile phone (which Snapchat happen to pioneer). This story paradigm is also not just for images/videos but anything a user consumes visually (Medium Series for text for example).
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@metalhaze That would be ideal. However, this is the opposite standardisation. This has been an all-over-the-shop contest to establish the best story-telling platform. I reckon standards is the very last thing on makers' minds.
They've all been trying, their hardest, to get that user base, bidders and sponsor rosters..
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@metalhaze Agree with you and if this was written on Medium, I would have highlighted the whole thing!
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@metalhaze disagree. It's not a "standard." It's a single company that invented the concept and another (shameless, ruthless) company that is 100% cloning it.
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Should we expect Facebook Wear to be released next year to compete with Snapchat Spectacles?
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@bb8orr2d2 this would be called Facebook Spectacular.
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