Facebook enables sharing Stories feature with public

San Fransisco July 31 (IANS) Months after its global launch in March Facebook Stories that you could only share with friends have now been unlocked for the public.

Social media researcher Carlos Gil was the first to point out the feature TechCrunch reported on Monday.

"This is something we rolled out a few weeks ago. The Public setting allows your Followers to see your story in addition to your Friends " a Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying.

This feature is similar to Snapchat and Instagram s stories and can be modified by tapping the more button on the top right. This also could possibly put an end to Snapchat s reign.

The social media giant currently has over 2 billion users across the globe. Instagram also owned by Facebook has 250 million users who use the Stories feature.

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