YouTube to Discontinue Stories Feature in Favor of Shorts

YouTube is discontinuing its Stories feature, which allowed creators to post temporary updates or behind-the-scenes content. The feature will end on June 26th, and existing posts will expire after seven days. YouTube is instead encouraging creators to use Community Posts and Shorts to share content. Community Posts allow for text-based updates, polls, quizzes, images, and videos, while Shorts is a TikTok competitor for short-form video content.