Author: Subharthi Bayen
Date: May 26, 2023
Time: 1 pm
YouTube is getting rid of Stories, a feature for temporary posts, beginning in June.
Users won’t be able to post Stories starting June 26th, and existing posts will expire after seven days.
Youtube creators could use Stories to post updates or behind-the-scenes content to promote their channel.
But looking around today, few creators seem to be regularly posting Stories, and the feature doesn’t get much promotion even from YouTube.
In the absence of Stories, YouTube wants creators to instead post content to other surfaces on the platform, that is Community Posts and Shorts.
YouTube has also been working to funnel the popularity of short form video into its TikTok competitor - Shorts.
They are trying to convince traditional long form video creators to start making shorter content as well.
YouTube also wants creators to post content to other surfaces on the platform: Community Posts and expanded access to