{"id":3987,"date":"2022-04-04T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/tiktok-is-testing-a-snapchat-style-stories-feature-the-verge\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:43:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:43:58","slug":"tiktok-is-testing-a-snapchat-style-stories-feature-the-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/04\/tiktok-is-testing-a-snapchat-style-stories-feature-the-verge\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is testing a Snapchat-style stories feature – The Verge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After everyone cloned TikTok, TikTok tests a stories clone
On a long enough timeline, every social media app trends to adding stories<\/a>, and now it\u2019s apparently TikTok\u2019s turn: the popular video app is experimenting with a new stories feature. The feature was highlighted by Matt Navarra on Twitter<\/a>, and a TikTok spokesperson confirmed the test in an email to The Verge<\/em>.
The new feature, simply called \u201cTikTok Stories,\u201d appears to work similarly to other stories functions on apps like Instagram or Snapchat. Stories live in a newly added slide-over sidebar, where you\u2019ll be able to see stories posted by accounts that you follow on TikTok for 24 hours before they\u2019re automatically deleted. Other users will be able to react and comment on your story, too. And just like on Instagram and other platforms, you\u2019ll also be able to tap on a user\u2019s profile picture to load a story.
TikTok describes the feature in the app as \u201ca new way to interact with your fans.\u201d Users can create a new story by tapping a \u201ccreate\u201d button that\u2019s been added to the sidebar, and they can add the usual captions, music, and text. True to TikTok\u2019s video-first nature, it seems stories have to be videos, not still images.
Introducing TikTok Stories \u2728 <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re always thinking about new ways to bring value to our community and enrich the TikTok experience,\u201d a TikTok spokesperson wrote in a statement to The Verge<\/em>. \u201cCurrently we\u2019re experimenting with ways to give creators additional formats to bring their creative ideas to life for the TikTok community.\u201d
The company didn\u2019t provide any details on how extensively it\u2019s testing TikTok Stories, nor when (or even if) it\u2019ll see a wider release. However, a quick search on Twitter reveals a number of TikTok users<\/a> who have already gotten access<\/a> to the feature<\/a>.
The fact that TikTok would experiment with stories isn\u2019t surprising. Stories have been one of the only true constants<\/a> in social media, with platforms from Instagram<\/a> to Facebook<\/a> to Linkedin<\/a> to Pinterest<\/a> to Netflix<\/a> to YouTube<\/a> to the Xbox app<\/a> replicating Snapchat\u2019s original feature<\/a> from 2013. When they work, stories are a great way to get users to interact with each other on an app, offer a new place for ads, and generally keep the feedback loop of a social media app in motion.
Stories aren\u2019t always successful, however: just ask Twitter, which was forced to shutter its own stories clone \u2014 the creatively named Fleets<\/a> \u2014 earlier this week, just eight months after it launched them, due to a general apathy toward the feature.
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