By Ankita Chakravarti: YouTube is bidding farewell to certainly one of its least impactful options, referred to as Tales. Whereas it’s impressed by Instagram Tales, this explicit characteristic on YouTube has remained largely unknown to customers, with solely a restricted variety of people realizing its existence inside the app.
Youtube Tales have been first launched again in 2017 and have been initially referred to as Reels. They have been obtainable to YouTubers who had over 10,000 subscribers. The concept for Tales truly got here from Instagram, which itself took inspiration from Snapchat. Similar to on these platforms, YouTube Tales would disappear after a sure period of time. Creators might use Tales to share updates or present behind-the-scenes content material to advertise their channel. Nonetheless, plainly Tales did not turn out to be highly regarded on YouTube.
“Immediately, there are a lot of methods to create on YouTube – from Neighborhood posts to Shorts, to long-form and Reside. To prioritize these key options, Tales are going away. Beginning on 6/26/2023 the choice to create a brand new YouTube Story will not be obtainable. Tales which might be already reside on that date will expire 7 days after they have been initially shared.Whereas Tales are going away, we’ve seen that each Neighborhood posts and YouTube Shorts are nice options that may ship priceless viewers connections and conversations,” YouTube mentioned in a weblog submit.
Not many individuals knew in regards to the Tales characteristic on YouTube. Entry to it was restricted, and only some creators have been frequently utilizing it. YouTube additionally did not promote the characteristic a lot, so many customers have been unaware of its existence. Consequently, YouTube has determined to take away the Tales characteristic.
YouTube desires creators to deal with different methods of sharing content material on the platform. They’re encouraging creators to make use of Neighborhood Posts and Shorts as an alternative.
What are Neighborhood Posts on YouTube?
Neighborhood Posts are text-based updates that creators can share with their subscribers. YouTube has not too long ago expanded entry to this characteristic and even added the choice to make posts expire after a sure interval. Creators may also share polls, quizzes, photographs, and movies as Neighborhood Posts. These posts seem in a devoted tab on their channel, making it simpler for subscribers to seek out and have interaction with them.
“We’ve not too long ago expanded entry to Neighborhood posts to thousands and thousands of creators and have introduced a number of the standard facets of Tales into Neighborhood posts corresponding to wealthy modifying instruments, and the flexibility for posts to run out after 24 hours. Creators can strengthen connections with their audiences by means of new engagement options together with polls, quizzes, and filters and stickers,” YouTube mentioned.