TikTok retaliates
TikTok Stories
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— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 4, 2021
TikTok was not about to stand idly by and allow Facebook and Instagram to get away with stealing the very DNA that makes TikTok, TikTok. According to Nylon, TikTok began rolling out its Stories feature in March 2022 but was first noticed by Matt Navarra and The Verge back in August 2021. TikTok likely didn’t need this feature as its not exactly struggling to keep people using the app, but it could be looked at as a nice middle finger to Instagram and Facebook.
TikTok stories are located at the top of the “Inbox” tab. Once you open a story, the interface looks exactly like a TikTok (notably you scroll vertically on TikTok stories as opposed to laterally on Instagram/Snapchat/Facebook stories), but the rule of disappearing after 24 hours remains the same.
