Why ‘Stories’ Became a Feature in Every App on Earth

Netflix steals from TikTok. Instagram steals from Snapchat. Facebook and LinkedIn steal from everyone. Why is this all okay?

Eric Ravenscraft
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5 min readMar 16, 2021

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In early March, Netflix launched a new feature called Fast Laughs, which let users scroll through vertical videos of short clips from the company’s comedy specials and…

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Eric Ravenscraft
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Eric Ravenscraft is a freelance writer from Atlanta covering tech, media, and geek culture for Medium, The New York Times, and more.