I made an app called Blink that did exactly this a few years ago: https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/blink. Build it and they will come, not :)
Stories are great for the platform. They drive user engagement, and, hence, advertising.
As far as I can tell, they're terrible for the users. You have to constantly be active to not miss something, you can't just check back in after a few days. For some reason, comments are private only, which is almost never what I want -- as a poster, as a commenter, or as an observer. Contrast that with (say) a "normal" IG/FB post of a picture from the beach, where comments are public and a community of people and comment on it and reply to each other in a social way. Stories are basically broadcast-only. They're also MUCH more time-consuming to create.
I've only done a few stories, always when traveling solo, so I have time to kill and it was useful to learn something new the first time. The only positive thing I can say about them is that, because they're ephemeral, I feel less bad about posting some stupid snapshot of something unimportant/trivial.
That this is coming to Twitter is even more concerning, because it's already the most shouty, least-community driven social network, with the largest multiplier on saying trolling/annoying/controversial/stupid things in the pursuit of clicks and likes and retweets.
You're right that you miss things if you don't check it at the right time, but that's ok, you don't have to see everything.
That may, however, just be a matter of the KINDS of people in my life who use stories, though. Selection bias.
I generally agree. Anytime I see a platform move towards "stories", my engagement with that platform drops like rock.
That said, I belong to the 40+ segment and I suspect there might be a generational gap going on here. Basically just like with Snapchat is being intentionally terrible to use, to drive away us "elderly" from a platform designed primarily for the youth.
Which will, I suspect, drive analytics enhancements to help get under one's skin and/or sell users more junk. The tweet disappearing from the user-facing view will not prevent its being dissected and its information stored. And the point will be likely missed by most users...
Right. /s
My friends will mostly post one or two amazing photos from their trip/event/whatever, then post various stories showing lots of casual moments along the way.
Some people put a LOT of effort into their story, but from watching most of my friends, and what I myself do, it's usually pretty casual.