[Mystlix]

I can discreetly share text, images or videos with a subset of my contacts all at once without bothering them in a private conversation. They all appear in order and in full without some algorithmic trickery, they get flushed after a day or so and my friends can decide if they want to give them a look or not. It's a very nice feature especially for the kind of general stuff that I wouldn't want to personally send to people and clog our conversations.

[i5heu]

Yes! I love stories. They are a subtle way to share cool stuff and avoid to be seen as annoying if you are the type of person that likes to share nice things ^^

[jimkleiber]

Exactly, and those who want to reply, can do so directly, not filling up a long group chat with messages that are meant for just the original person.

It allows broadcasting to a group and people to opt in to watch and reply.

[crossroadsguy]

What’s stories? Any article they’ve published about it? Is it like the WhatsApp “Status” feature? Which is more like a 24 hr tweet if I can say so.