According to a media report on Saturday, Facebook has announced that it will soon shut down its group stories feature. Notably, this feature allows administrators and members of the social media’s groups to post videos and photos that disappear within 24 hours.
Facebook will shut down Group Stories
Interestingly, Facebook added a new feature called Group stories last December only. Adding stories to profiles has become the norm of the day starting with Snapchat and Instagram. WhatsApp followed suit in its footsteps, soon the stories feature which disappears after 24 hours become a part of WhatsApp too.
Reportedly, the company is shutting down this feature on September 26 and hence very soon, the existing group stories will be deleted and users will not be able to post any new stories.
However, Facebook did not release a concrete statement regarding their decision to discontinue the group stories feature. A Facebook spokesman said, “We’re sunsetting group stories because we want to make sure that features in groups enable people to connect in fun and useful ways, and we are always looking at ways to improve the overall experience for communities on Facebook.”
Social media industry commentator Matt Navarra has firstly revealed in a tweet that Facebook will remove the ability to post stories from all groups on September 26. However, this change will not impact personal users who will be able to use the stories feature like before.
Facebook groups are an online space where users come together and chat about common interests. As per a survey report, more than 1.4 billion people on Facebook use groups every month to stay better connected to their old friends or loved ones.
