[chwilson]

Instagram and Whatsapp stories I can understand - I don't particularly think they're good decisions, but I can understand them.

To an extent it makes even more sense in the Facebook app itself, but having the core app and Messenger have separate stories despite them using the same exact account is ridiculous to me.

[jakebasile]

Yep, this doesn't make any sense to me. I get WhatsApp/Instagram not working together. But Messenger and Facebook are two sides of the same product and the snapchat clones in each are completely separate. They spent a lot of effort making both Facebook and Messenger required on mobile, and now that it was successful it seems they're trying to separate them out, but that leaves a functionality hole in Facebook itself - Messenger IS Facebook's messaging feature, except when it isn't.

EDIT: Stories also don't appear to show up on facebook.com.

EDIT 2: I just remembered that you can use Messenger without a Facebook account[1]. Having them separate still doesn't make sense.

[1]: https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/1526848634305688