Facebook stories is a new feature that allows users to share stories through short photos and videos. It will automatically disappear after 24 hours so that users don’t need to delete it manually. If you are new to this feature, you might need to know how to create Facebook stories.

As posted on Androidally.com, story uses Facebook’s in-app camera. Users are allowed to overlay filters and lenses to improve their contents. Much like Instagram stories, Facebook stories receive positive responses from users.

How It Works

You might be curious on how Facebook stories work, whether or not it is similar to Instagram’s. The answer is yes—Facebook stories work much like Instagram stories. Once you share a content to stories, it will appear at the top of News Feed.

Other users can view your story by simply tapping the circle. You can also reply to the story through a direct message. If you have been familiar with Instagram stories, then you won’t find a problem using Facebook stories.

How to Share Content to Facebook Stories

After knowing what Facebook stories are and how it works, it’s time to get to know how to share content to stories. Follow the instructions below:

•  Launch Facebook app and log in to your account.
• Access your Facebook camera by tapping the camera icon.
• Create content by capturing photos or recording videos using the camera. Tap the button on the center of the screen to take a photo. If you want to record video, hold the button.
• Use a variety of filters to embellish your photos or videos. Swipe to find available filters and lenses.
• Aside from capturing from the camera, you can also upload images or videos from the camera roll. Simply tap the album icon and choose the content you wish to upload.
• Once you are satisfied with the content, share to your story. All you need to do is tapping the arrow icon and choose Your Story.
• Tap the send button at the bottom right of the screen.

Now your content is shared to your story. Your friends will be able to view your story for 24 hours and it will disappear automatically. Much like Instagram and Snapchat, story won’t be displayed in the News Feed or your timeline by default.

How to Post Stories for Pages

Since October 2017, Facebook stories can be used by all pages, including business pages. That means business pages can promote their products through stories and overtake posts in feeds. Businesses can benefit from stories as it helps businesses reach their targets and enhance transparency.

How to post Facebook stories for business pages? The easiest method is by using Facebook on mobile apps. Please note that you don’t have other options than using mobile devices to post stories. Once everything is ready, do the following steps:

• Launch your Facebook app and log in with your business account.
• Scroll down and find to Add to Story. Tap on it.
• Create your story by uploading photos or videos. As with creating a content using a personal account, tap the center button to take a photo or hold to record a video.
• You can also use a variety of lenses and filters to make it more attractive.
• If you are satisfied with the content, tap Add to Story button and select Next.
• Your content is already added to the story.

Your followers will be able to view your stories for the next 24 hours. After that, it will disappear automatically. You can add as many stories as possible to promote products, businesses, or events.

If you haven’t tried Facebook stories, it’s time to upgrade your social media experience by trying this feature. Whether you want to share happy moments, OOTD, or favorite foods, stories are worth the thought!

Have you ever thought about how your friends view your Facebook profile? Maybe some information that you don’t want to leak actually is visible to your visitor or your friends. You can’t see it because what you see in your profile is different from what the other people see. That’s why you need to become someone else. Is it possible? Of course, it is. You can become not yourself and this is how to view your Facebook profile as someone else.

View Profile Directly From Profile Page

You may don’t know how your profile looks like to your friends. But, Facebook has a way that makes you view your profile as the public sees yours. And the steps on how to view Facebook profile as someone else is not hard to follow.

• What you need to do first is go to your profile page. This is how your profile looks like in your eyes.
• And to change it to another perspective, move your cursor to the dots beside your photo profile.
• As you click that dots, you will see two options that you need to choose. And then, click the option which says “view as”.
• Finally, you can view your timeline as a public view of yours.

Other than how the public views your profile, you can also view your profile as a specific person, for example, your boyfriend or girlfriend. To do that, look at the top of the screen. And then, change “view as a public” to “view as a specific” person. After that, you need to type the name of the person you try to impose. Now, you can view your profile as that person.

View As From Privacy Shortcuts

If you want to know how to view your Facebook profile as someone else, other than from profile, you can also use the privacy shortcuts menu. The steps maybe a little longer than from the profile, but it is still simple and easy.

• First, go to the Facebook sites and login to your account.
• After login successfully to your account, search for a quick help menu on the top-right corner of the page. The symbol of this menu is a question mark.
• Click that symbol when you find it. You will see several sub-menu.
• Click the privacy shortcuts menu to go to the next step. When the privacy shortcuts open, there will be some menus regarding your privacy.
• Click the dots on the privacy menu that say see more privacy settings.
• After that, look at the left side on the page and search for “timeline and tagging” option and click it.
• Then a new page will be opened. In the review section, you will see a menu “Review what the other people see on your timeline”. Click view as besides that menu to view your profile as someone else.

Although it seems unimportant, you need to know how to view your Facebook profile as someone else. You need to do that frequently so you will know what the information regarding you is visible to other people. And based on that, you can sort out the information about yourself that the public can view.