Instagram “Stories” clones Snapchat's Stories feature for ephemeral photo and video slideshows, will roll out globally on iOS and Android over next few weeks
One of the more eye-rolling sentiments … Alexandra Vaidos / Softpedia News : Instagram Introduces Snapchat-like Feature Stories Shashidhar KJ / MediaNama : Instagram takes on Snapchat with self-destruct Stories Disha Sharma / Techcircle.in : Instagram launches a replica of Snapchat “Stories” Collen Kriel / SiliconANGLE : How to use Instagram's new Snapchat-like feature, Instagram Stories Aaron Mamiit / Tech Times : Snapchat Introduces Geostickers: Location-Specific Stickers That Can Be Added To Snaps And Messages Himanshu Goenka / International Business Times : Instagram Launches Snapchat-Like Stories Saqib Shah / Digital Trends : Represent your city with Snapchat's new location-activated Geostickers Eve Peyser / Gizmodo : Sorry Snapchat, Instagram Stories Sorta Kicks Your Ass Mark Bergen / Recode : Drones from Google's Alphabet will take flight soon. But can they outmatch Amazon? Daniel Tyson / Ausdroid : Instagram adds new Snapchat like ‘Stories’ … Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint : Instagram just basically ripped off Snapchat Stories - and here's how Eric Reagan / Photography Bay : Instagram Update Adds “Stories” as a Snapchat Ripoff Kerry Flynn / Mashable : Instagram Stories doesn't mean Snapchat will disappear Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider : Snapchat employees had some hilarious reactions to Instagram's ‘copycat’ product Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : A Snapchat Story showing the (few) differences with Instagram Stories Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed : Here's How To Create A New Snapchat-Style “Story” On Instagram Eric Jhonsa / TheStreet.com : Facebook's Instagram Has Good Reasons for Wanting to Copy Snapchat Brandon Russell / TechnoBuffalo : Instagram Stories takes a page from Snapchat's playbook Alexis Jackson / AOL : Instagram's newest feature is very similar to Snapchat Larry / LarrysWorld.com : Instagram adds disappearing ‘Stories’ Mathew Ingram / Fortune : Facebook Shows Its Snapchat Envy as Instagram Launches Stories Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : Why Instagram Just Copied Snapchat's Signature Feature Bertel King, Jr / Android Police : Instagram now tells Stories too Matt Kapko / CIO.com : Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing ‘Stories’ Mike Isaac / BostonGlobe.com : Instagram treads on Snapchat's ephemeral turf Henry T. Casey / Tom's Guide : Instagram Stories is a Lame Snapchat Ripoff Jennifer Gonzalez / NBC Bay Area : Instagram Announces Snapchat-Like Feature Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Snapchat introduces new Geostickers feature as another way to customize images and messages Alex Wagner / PhoneDog.com : Instagram Stories is a Snapchat-style feature with disappearing photos and video Socialnomics : Instagram Introduces Stories Digital Photography Review : Instagram Stories launch as ‘disappearing’ photo and video slideshows Ash Read / Social : Instagram Launches Instagram Stories: What They Are, How They Work and How Brands Can Use Them Zachary Gilbert / MobileSyrup.com : Instagram launches a Snapchat clone feature called Stories Caleb Pershan / SFist : Instagram Introduces ‘Stories,’ Essentially Copying Snapchat Tim-o-tato / Droid Life : Instagram Intros Stories Feature, Because Forget Snapchat John Voorhees / MacStories : Instagram Introduces New Stories Feature Caitlin McGarry / Macworld : Instagram Stories is Facebook's most obvious shot at Snapchat David Pierini / Cult of Mac : Instagram's new feature is a ripoff of Snapchat Stories Adam Rowe / tech.co : Instagram Copied Snapchat So Bad They Even Stole the Name David Cohen / SocialTimes : Instagram Stories: A Taste of Snapchat? Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post : All about Instagram's new Stories feature — which is basically a Snapchat clone Mikah Sargent / iMore : Instagram just added a Snapchat-style story feature Guardian : Fifth-time lucky? Instagram introduces Snapchat-style Stories Thorin Klosowski / Lifehacker : Instagram Stories Apes Snapchat, Lets You Draw Stuff on Photos Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Instagram is rolling out Stories—Snapchat-like auto-dissapearing slideshows Alex Heath / Tech Insider : Instagram is copying Snapchat's Stories with posts that disappear after 24 hours Natt Garun / The Next Web : Instagram's new Stories feature looks suspiciously similiar to Snapchat's Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Instagram's ‘Stories’ feature looks a lot like Snapchat's Brent Dirks / AppAdvice.com Latest : Taking a Page from Snapchat, Instagram Launches a New ‘Stories’ Feature Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : INSTAGRAM LAUNCHES NEW FEATURE THAT'S EXACTLY LIKE SNAPCHAT STORIES Luke McCormick / The FADER : Instagram Debuts Instagram Stories, Which Is Basically Snapchat Brian Bennett / CNET : Instagram adds Snapchat-style stories feature Greg Scoblete / PDNPulse : Instagram Stories Takes Page from Snapchat with Disappearing Content Joseph Keller / Android Central : Instagram Stories let you share a fleeting glimpse of your day's best moments Zak Stambor / internetretailer.com : Instagram's latest feature looks a lot like Snapchat Queenie Wong / SiliconBeat : Instagram takes on Snapchat with ephemeral ‘Stories’ feature Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Snapchat introduces city-specific Geostickers, now available in LA, NYC, SF, London, Honolulu, Sydney, São Paulo, Paris, and Riyadh Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire : Familiar Stories: Instagram unveils new sharing feature that feels a lot like Snapchat Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Instagram Launches ‘Stories’, Copying a Feature from Snapchat Brian Feldman / New York Magazine : Instagram: Screw It, We're Snapchat Now Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters : New Instagram feature makes content disappear after 24 hours Zac Hall / 9to5Google : Instagram copying Snapchat's ephemeral sharing ‘Stories’ feature right down to the name Tweets: Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Conversely, interesting how little successful innovation comes from Facebook now. How far can copying/buying what works last? Marcus Bsch / @m_boesch : “Perhaps most worrisome is the idea of lifecasting becoming a mainstream behavior pattern.” \,,/(^_^)\,,/ http://twitter.com/... @zmixedfeelingsx : Instagram took out facebook with dms, vine with videos, and snapchat with stories they straight coming for folks heads Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Instagram Stories looks very promising right now. 40 of the 350 people I follow have already shot Stories. Jake Lodwick / @jakelodwick : @JoshConstine FB with the SC clones reminds me of a million monkeys on typewriters. Eventually it will work I guess. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Clone is not the right word, rather copy into their context. Maybe a unique trajectory. Maybe win battle, lose the war. Context matters. 1/2 Christian Delgrosso / @christiand : The best decision you guys have made super excited @instagram http://twitter.com/... Zach Braff / @zachbraff : Snapchat, you didn't have a patent on stories?pic.twitter.com/CBZanBvnsu Maya Kosoff / @mekosoff : teen provides some insight into why teens delete their instagram pics, per this WSJ story http://www.wsj.com/... http://twitter.com/... Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : Detail on cutting room floor: this project's code name was “Kodachrome.” (Why? Your guess is as good as mine.) http://www.wsj.com/... Scott Austin / @scottmaustin : Ripping off the name, too. That's war. http://twitter.com/... Anthony V. / @fascinated : can't wait for the medium post by some instagram designer about leadership, ideas, innovation http://twitter.com/... Andréa López / @bluechoochoo : FB snapchat responses - 2012 poke (shutdown) - 2014 slingshot (shutdown) - 2015 disappearing Messenger messages (no launch) - 2016 Stories Ryan Sarver / @rsarver : People forget the story of the valley is one of leveraging concepts from competitors. This is an impressive one. http://techcrunch.com/... Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : According to this, teen users delete up to half the Instagram photos they post if they don't get enough likes: http://www.wsj.com/...