Facebook brings Snapchat Story clone to Messenger

Another day, another clone.

Facebook has launched Messenger Day for it messaging app, a month after it gave WhatsApp the unnecessary and underused WhatsApp Status.

The feature allows you to add pictures to your “Day”, where your friends can view what you’ve been up to in the past 24 hours.

Messenger users in Poland and Australia have been the guinea pigs for the product since late last year, but  the feature has been rolling out globally as of yesterday.

Messenger Day boasts more than 5 000 frames, stickers and effects, as well as the ability to monitor who can see what you post.

“You’re always in control of who can see your day — share it with everyone, or choose specific friends and family members on Messenger,” Facebook writes.

Some users have taken to Twitter to complain about the update.

@messenger every app is copying snapchat! First you MAKE me download messenger, and now I can’t even message people without adding to my day

— Tom Mumford (@ThomasMumford) March 10, 2017

Ok so, Snapchat wants me to doc my day, Insta too, Messenger AND Whatsapp? I think we need to talk about innovation.

— Samira M Z (@Samajra) March 10, 2017

Messenger day filters are too complicated.

— Nathan 🐑 (@itsnathanlam) March 10, 2017

Talk about aggressive way to get users to post to Messenger Day 🦁😬pic.twitter.com/dRIPTkQq5P

— Muzzammil Zaveri(MZ) (@mzaveri) March 10, 2017

Can’t even send a Dick pic through the messenger app anymore because this pop up will appear “Add this photo to your day” 😂👌🏼c’mon man😏

— Tre’ Newport (@TreNewport) March 10, 2017

But considering Facebook has made it impossible to send messages on their platform without the Messenger app, these grievances will likely not see any damage to their numbers.