Apparently Facebook is adding Instagram Stories to its main app



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Some users are apparently viewing Instagram stories on Facebook.

Some users are apparently viewing Instagram stories on Facebook.
Photo: Josh Edelson / AFP (fake images)

Facebook has done it no secrets you want to weave Instagram into your main blue app as much as possible (much to the chagrin of some Instagram users). Her latest experiment apparently involves putting Instagram Stories directly to Facebook.

According to a report by the edgeSome Facebook users have recently started viewing Instagram Stories on their Facebook Stories feeds. A Facebook representative apparently confirmed the news to Matt Navarra, commentator and consultant to the social media industry, and claimed it was a limited test. The representative added that Facebook would be listening to feedback from its community on the potential new feature.

In a screenshot posted by a Twitter user and Navarra on Friday, Facebook apparently explains that not everyone can see an Instagram story on Facebook. To do so, users must link their Instagram accounts to Facebook and have this display setting enabled. Facebook claims that people who don’t follow a user on Instagram will not be able to see that user’s stories.

Facebook also allegedly emphasized that although the stories will be in two places, the overall user experience would not change. That’s because users will essentially keep sharing their stories with the same people on Facebook and Instagram. Also, Instagram stories on Facebook (which will have a pink and orange circle) will appear with a user’s Instagram ID. And although the stories will be seen on Facebook, users will see all the views and responses of the stories on Instagram.

In recent years, Facebook has worked to bring all of its popular apps closer together, including WhatsApp and Instagram. Last month, Facebook launched a new Instagram messaging test experience for some users. The new experience updated the look of Instagram direct messages and promoted the possibility to chat with people who use Facebook.

Who knows, maybe in the future we won’t have an app called Instagram or Facebook. We’ll only have one giant purple and blue app, owned by Facebook, that does it all.

[The Verge]



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