Jump to content

Facebook quietly shuts down its Snapchat rival


sincity

Recommended Posts

Facebook has shut down its teen-focused Snapchat rival Lifestage. The app, which was specifically designed for young people to share video, with an account connected to their school or college, survived for just shy of a year.

When it was launched in August 2016, the coder behind the app, Michael Sayman, claimed that the idea was to reimagine what Facebook would have been like if it had been created in 2016. 

The timing was interesting though, as the app was very similar to Snapchat, which Facebook had unsuccessfully tried to purchase for a reported $30 billion a few months before.

Now that Facebook has features in Instagram and Messenger that truly rival Snapchat, it would make sense that Lifestage gets put out to pasture. After all, Instagram Stories can be used by anyone, rather than only US residents under 21 years old.

Facebook commented to Business Insider (who first noticed the app was gone) that it had "learned a lot from Lifestage", and would "continue to incorporate these learnings into features in the main Facebook app".

Via Cnet

5r1O-CdIMP0
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.