> Is there anyone that actually gets excited when they see a platform has stories, or is adding them?

I was honestly excited when I saw the headline, not because I have any intention of using stories myself, but because my friends have repeatedly tried to explain to me why they use stories on Whatsapp and Snapchat, and I have some hope this will make Signal more attractive to them.

I feel the same way about stickers and the Giphy proxy, both of which are features I would never have asked for and was initially skeptical of, but that have wound up being widely used by most of my friends who use Signal.