Another trend is the integration and interoperability between their platforms, and it is worth mentioning that Instagram and WhatsApp belong to Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg. And that goes through unified chats, a button dedicated to Messenger and now a novelty will make some users see Stories of people who follow on Instagram directly on Facebook.
This is basically a test, and followers will be able to choose to see their Instagram Stories on Facebook, although the views and likes will remain on the dedicated network for images and videos, and the username shown on Facebook will be that of the Instagram account.
This capability is still an optional experience and restricted to a small number of users, and the main premise for testing the feature is the link between accounts on the two social networks. Anyone who you don’t follow on Instagram will not be able to see the 24-hour posts on Facebook, as the idea is to share Stories only with people the user knows, and not with strangers.
View Instagram story directly from Facebook. Hm..new? @MattNavarra pic.twitter.com/FtIBw0uMVz
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s not yet known whether the tests will be expanded or will be part of a permanent implementation in the future.
This feature respects all existing privacy settings, and people on Instagram can choose not to have their story visible on Facebook. This is a limited test for now and we will hear comments from our community ”.
Alexandru Voica, Facebook spokesperson
CONFIRMED: Facebook is testing option to view Instagram Stories in the main Facebook app
Facebook Comms rep @alexvoica said: https://t.co/Zz50AdORea pic.twitter.com/RdUz7ap8wY
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) September 4, 2020
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Source: pocketnow