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  • Facebook Stories Launches to Show How People Use the Platform “in Extraordinary Ways”

    Today, Facebook launched Facebook Stories, a new site that they say will “celebrate the extraordinary ways that people are using Facebook.”

    Facebook can be used for a lot more than arguing about politics, sharing baby photos, and checking in on your ex to see if they got fat – and Facebook wants to highlight some of the more poignant, possibly life-changing ways in which people have used the Facebook platform.

    Their first entry into Facebook Stories is based on the theme of “Remembering,” and features the story of a New Delhi man who lost his memory due to a battle with meningitis, and how Facebook helped him reclaim much of what was lost.

    Check it out below:

    According to Facebook, there will be new theme every month, and the “stories” centered around that theme will come in the form of videos, articles, illustrations, and playlists. You can access the Facebook stories page here.

    If Facebook Stories sound familiar, it’s probably because Twitter unveiled “Twitter Stories,” a highly similar product back in November of 2011. To be fair, Facebook has been operating a lesser-known version of this product since Summer of 2010.

  • Twitter Helps Homeless Man Reconnect With His Daughter

    As December rolls on, we will undoubtedly be inundated with year-in-review materials – “top this” and “best of that.” Some of this is incredibly uninteresting, simply due to the fact that it feels so obligatory. But Twitter’s kick off to their year-in-review happens to be a great story.

    That’s because it has to do with Twitter Stories, Twitter’s initiative to showcase the more human element of Twitter by highlighting various interest stories about how Twitter has impacted the real world. For instance, one of the top “Twitter Stories” from November told how a man saved his mom’s independent bookstore from going under with a single tweet.

    Part one of Twitter’s year-in review doubles as December’s best of Twitter Stories, and they are choosing to highlight one story about a homeless man who used Twitter to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

    Oh yeah, and he meets his grandchildren for the first time. It’s sappy and such but dammit, it’s the holiday season!

    A New York-based group that helps the homeless connect through social media provided a man named Daniel with the tools to get started on Twitter. One thing led to another, and his daughter found out about his attempts to contact her through the site. Check out their story below:

    The December edition of Twitter Stories highlights ten remarkable moments of 2011. From the man who inadvertently live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the homeless dad who was reunited with his daughter after years of separation, this list, which doubles as the annual “Year in Stories,” chronicles how people use Twitter to make a difference in ways that are both personal and universal.

    You can check the rest of the stories out here.

    There will be four more parts to Twitter’s year-in-review, all to be unveiled at undisclosed times throughout December.

  • Twitter Stories Attempt To Show The Human Element Of Tweeting

    Today, Twitter has launched Twitter Stories, a site dedicated to human interest stories that revolve around the real-world impact that a single tweet can have.

    According to the official Twitter blog –

    Today we’re launching the first in a series of Twitter stories. Read about a single Tweet that helped save a bookstore from going out of business; an athlete who took a hundred of his followers out to a crab dinner; and, Japanese fishermen who use Twitter to sell their catch before returning to shore. Each story reminds us of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.

    Twitter users with a good story to tell can submit by mentioning @twitterstories or by tweeting with the hashtag #twitterstories. Twitter suggests that submissions include either a photo or video that helps to get the story across. Twitter will pull together a selection of stories each month to share.

    As of right now, the stories.twitter.com site is live, and there are numerous stories that you can browse through. For example, you can watch a video about how a Portland, Oregon man saved his mother’s bookstore with a single tweet offering burritos in exchange for book purchases.

    Or there’s the story about how NFL player Chad Ochocino routinely uses Twitter to invite dozens of his fans out to dinner – and pays for all of it.

    Charlie Strouth used Twitter to say, “Shit, I need a kidney,” which led to 19 people offering to get tested to see if they were a match. Strouth eventually got a kidney from a Twitter user.

    As you can see, the types of stories vary, and they come from celebrities on the service to average, everyday people. Do you have a Twitter story? Let us know in the comments and tweet it to @twitterstories for your chance to be included in the collection.