I think that does facebook a pretty severe disservice. Facebook was, in many ways, the anti-myspace at a time when that was a very welcome development. The lack

I think that does facebook a pretty severe disservice. Facebook was, in many ways, the anti-myspace at a time when that was a very welcome development. The lack of profile skinning, the real name policy, and by extension the reflection of an offline network (vs the band spam of myspace) made it a significantly different offering. I'd go so far as to say that the difference is what allowed them to coexist with myspace for so long. It's not as though they launched and then myspace promptly fell over. The two were side by side for years, the same way FB and snapchat are/were. Compared to that, the IG stories feature is a much more direct imitation. The geofilter and text implementation are so similar that, to anyone but a power user, a screenshot of a post from each would be indistinguishable. With that said, I can't say I'm mad to see snapchat in decline. They put pepsi ads between videos of people I care about. Straight to the dumpster with that.