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Facebook prototypes a swipeable hybrid carousel of feed posts & Stories

Feed and Stories unite! Facebook is so desperate to preempt the shift to Stories that it could even allow us to use the similar interface of horizontally swipeable playing cards to sift via News Feed posts. If customers gained’t scroll down any longer, Facebook’s advert industry may take a massive hit. But via allowi…
Feed and Stories unite! Facebook is so eager to preempt the shift to Stories that it might even let us use the same interface of horizontally swipeable cards to sift through News Feed posts. If users won’t scroll down any more, Facebook’s ad business could take a huge hit. But by allowi…

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