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by capocannoniere 3374 days ago
Facebook is known to A/B test features in other countries before rolling them out to the rest of the world.

Stories in particular launched earlier this year in Ireland, Chile, Greece and Vietnam.

> Facebook Stories, a feature that puts photos that disappear after 24 hours at the top of the Facebook mobile app, is rolling out to users in Chile, Greece and Vietnam, Facebook confirmed. However, it is not available to users in all markets. The feature was first tested among users in Ireland in January [...] [1]

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/15/facebook-stories-roll-out/