The messages disappear immediately after being viewed, or 24 hours after being posted when
using the Snapchat Stories feature.
It's another reason people might fall back to Instagram instead of
using Snapchat Stories.
With these thoughts in mind, use the rest of this post to help your students reflect upon their makerspace experiences and tell their stories
using Snapchat Stories — Makerstories — and Instagram (or Instagram Stories)-- Makergrams!
I've heard a lot of bloggers are
using snapchat stories to promote their blogs.
Not exact matches
Shopify (@shopify)
uses all sorts of creative
Snapchat features to make their
stories stand out.
Teams like the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints have even
used Snapchat to reveal their schedules and create
stories for the upcoming season.
However, the first massive event the feature was put to
use for was yesterday's World Cup Final between Argentina and Germany, and roughly five minutes worth of
snapchats were submitted to the
story.
Use these simple tips to start growing your brand on Facebook, Instagram, Instagram
Stories and
Snapchat.
I wasn't able to
use Snapchat, Instagram is so easy that I share some little videos and «backstage» shots, but I try to not overdo, since I think it can be a double - edged sword — I unfollowed some accounts because they post a new
story every 30 minutes and they're pretty boring.
Which do you like
using more
Snapchat or Instagram
Stories?
I don't
use either
snapchat or Instagram
stories so I can't really comment!
I don't
use snapchat so I don't really know much about the
stories and I will avoid it on Instagram too x
You could offer an extra round of social posts, a certain number of Insta
Stories or
Snapchats where you mention the brand, or even extra photos (from your shoot that didn't make it on the blog) for the brand to
use on their social accounts.
I like
using Snapchat for the
stories feature!
Have so much fun in Vegas, I just got
used to
Snapchat, then Instagram
stories started.
And lastly on Instagram
stories, I chuckled when someone pointed out I often only show half of my face when talking to the camera because I
used to send my friends «half - face» selfies all the time on
Snapchat.
Whether it be scouring Pinterest for the latest idea to
use in a classroom, telling their
story on Instagram, or connecting with friends / colleagues on
SnapChat they
use social media to share their
story and to connect.
Facebook
Stories might feel redundant because 300 million people
use its other
Snapchat clones on Instagram and WhatsApp.
Facebook's best hope is that U.S. teens who are addicted to
Snapchat end up
using its
Stories too.
«We have historically neglected the creator community on
Snapchat... In 2018, we are going to build more distribution and monetization opportunities for these creators... Developing this ecosystem will allow artists to transition more easily from communicating with friends to creating
Stories for a broader audience, monetizing their
Stories, and potentially
using our professional tools to create premium content.»
If you've been
using Snapchat, Instagram, or any number of Facebook properties, you know what a
story is.
At face value, the end of Facebook Direct could appear to be a win for
Snapchat, which sees ephemeral messaging as its primary
use case and differentiator after all of Facebook's apps cloned its
Stories feature.
Why this matters: Instagram is much easier to
use than
Snapchat is, and now that the app has adopted one of
Snapchat's most popular
Story features in selfie filters, people who were
using both apps may default to Instagram.
Now there's no escaping
Snapchat Stories no matter which app you're
using.
Creators may now be more inclined to start
using Instagram
Stories over
Snapchat Stories, since they can link viewers out to their own sites.
Alongside WhatsApp Status, Instagram
Stories and Facebook
Stories, Messenger Day could
use convenience to compete with
Snapchat for user growth, which has become a key weakness for Snap as it goes public.
The new features focus around making
Snapchat the most flexible visual messaging app, doubling down on its most popular
use case as its
Stories stop growing in the face of competition from Facebook's Instagram and WhatsApp.
The cool thing about
Snapchat is you can
use the app without ever sending a Snap — you can follow your favorite celebrities based on their usernames and watch their shenanigans on their
Snapchat Story all day long, watch and follow your favorite brands for exclusive content and announcements, or just creep through the Discover page to get up - to - date on current news and events as it's updated daily.
As its name suggests, you'll open Messenger and see a new series of card icons at the top of the screen, which might remind
Snapchat users of how Discover
Stories used to be previewed at the top.
Instagram
Stories, its
Snapchat clone now
used by daily more people than
Snapchat itself, is coming to the web.
WhatsApp's Status will be familiar if you've
used Stories on Instagram or
Snapchat: take a photo from within the app, scribble emoji or filters all over it, and then post it.
According to users with early access to it, the feature would allow Snapchatters to
use an @ tag for another
Snapchat user inside a
Story post.
On Thursday, Facebook's Instagram announced that over 200 million people were now
using the Instagram
Stories feature every day — suggesting that reports about the adverse impact the
Snapchat clone has had on Snap's growth are at least partly true.
It
uses AI to track subjects and, with a new portrait mode, it's even ready for the Instagram
Stories and
Snapchat generation.
Still, there is a certain irony to be had in Facebook
using the haunted spirits of your friends and family members to encourage users to try out the
story feature it so shamelessly ripped off from the ghost logo - ed
Snapchat.
Tapping on one of the grayed - out portraits informs you that «So - and - so hasn't posted to his / her
story recently,» the word «recently» here doubling as «ever,» at least for most of my contacts, many of whom are likely unaware that this is even a feature that exists or, if they are, why they'd
use it over
Snapchat or Instagram.
These tests include making the Facebook camera the default option when a user chooses to update their profile status; making
Stories the default sharing destination any time a user
uses the Facebook camera's
Snapchat - style augmented reality features; and floating a window of Facebook
Stories with large preview tiles right at the top of News Feed.
Source: «
Snapchat Content Survey: How Much Millennials Actually
Use Live
Stories, Discover and More,» Variety (March 24, 2016)
Of those users who checked
Snapchat multiple times a day, 48 percent said they viewed snaps and snap
stories from brands, 47 percent interacted with snaps or
stories using the Discover feature, and 44 percent looked at local live
stories and events, Variety reports.
While you can create
Snapchat stories about setting up for an open house or a quick home tour, the best way to
use the platform is to establish your brand and personality; it's about being authentic and creative.