I have never understood all the song and dance about stories. I can see how they differ from simple posts in the sense that they can be interactive and last onl

I have never understood all the song and dance about stories. I can see how they differ from simple posts in the sense that they can be interactive and last only last some time before disappearing (and even then, it seems the concept was extended by allowing permanent stories), but I just don't see the appeal. It forces me to check another section of the app to stay up to date with things, while I could just check classic posts. There's nothing technically impossible in improving classic posts and adding stories-like features to them, but it seems the main goal is to fully leverage fullscreen media and autoplay in order to retain users as much as possible in the app.