Kik Mocks Facebook’s Copying Spree With Its Own 'Storyz' Spoof

An April Fools' joke that packs a punch

While Canadians are usually known for being nice, Kik is having a bit of fun at Facebook’s expense this April Fools’ Day.

The wildly popular Waterloo, Ontario-based messaging app published a fake blog post today outlining plans to launch Storyz, a feature that lets users share photos and videos with each other. The messages, which are distributed through Kik’s Storyzzz bot, disappear after 23 hours and 57 minutes—Much like Facebook Messenger’s newly released Messenger Day.

“Today, we’re rolling out our most exciting feature of 2017: Storyz,” according to the post.

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