Facebook confirmed today the closure of another application for iPhone and Android after confirming yesterday the closure of another, which was very useful for many. Yesterday Facebook confirmed for the whole world that the Groups application will be closed and will no longer be able to be used by users, and today it is the turn of another application for iPhone and Android, this one called Lifestage.
Facebook launched the Lifestage application last year, it was intended for young people under the age of 21 who used Snapchat and didn't think much of Facebook. Basically, Facebook made a clone of the Snapchat application to attract young people who didn't use the social network that much, but in the end it turned out to be a failure, unlike other initiatives of the company, which had more good luck.
Facebook had not implemented any method to be able to prevent access to the Lifestage application for those who were more than 21 years old, separate from the declaration of age on their own responsibility. This is of course an option that everyone has ignored, so in the end the Lifestage application from Facebook ended up being used by people who shouldn't have access to the data in it.
Facebook shuts down another smartphone application
Facebook has not updated the Lifestage application since October last year, so it made it very clear that the project was abandoned a long time ago. Despite this, those from Facebook have confirmed that they learned a lot of important things from this adventure and that some of them will make their way into the applications that the company has now available in the App Store.
Facebook created Lifestage to help students get in touch more easily with colleagues from the same school, but from different courses, but this was not very successful. It's hard to say how much Facebook learned from these failures, but if we see the Lifestage functions available in other company applications, then it's quite clear that the application was just a test for something bigger.
"We originally launched Lifestage to make it easier for teens in the US to connect with others at their school by creating a video profile with content for all of the things that make up their identity. Teens continue to make up an important part of the global community on Facebook, and we've learned a lot from Lifestage. We will continue to incorporate these learnings into features in the main Facebook app."
Facebook seems to want to consolidate functions from separate applications in the main one, the company most likely wanting to increase its degree of use for it. Of the 1.3 billion mobile users who are active monthly on Facebook's platform, it is not known how many use which applications, but the number will probably increase if the applications are consolidated.
