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it's a story because you are encouraged to post several in a row that tell a story of your day. You can tell stories IRL without writing them down so why would

it's a story because you are encouraged to post several in a row that tell a story of your day. You can tell stories IRL without writing them down so why would something need to be in a durable medium to be a story? core concept is to give people a way to share something that doesn't have to be a perfect, a picture of cheetos or a license plate rather than a wedding or Yosemite, because it won't stick around on your profile forever. This is a good thing because otherwise what you see on there can make it seem like everyone else is having a much more exciting life than you (as you sit on the couch after work) and causes depression. Why is unbridled cynicism towards sm so prevalent here?

dreamcompiler 7y ago
> Why is unbridled cynicism towards sm so prevalent here? I open Facebook. I click on someone's story. I see a static image and try to read it, but it disappears after a few seconds. Often it's promoting an event, so I'd like to click for more info. But I can't. Sometimes it's a short video but I can't stop it or easily replay it. So my reaction is the same as it is when I encounter a website that shows an auto-playing slideshow that I can't stop. "This is stupid." And I hit the back button and don't return. Now I see FB stories as merely a thing to ignore that takes up 30% of my screen real estate when I visit FB.
klingonopera 7y ago
> "Why is unbridled cynicism towards sm so prevalent here? " You could argue it's an interpolation of the events surrounding the companies behind those platforms...