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# Definition of Facebook Story
- URL: https://benkellis.com/facebookstory/
- Published: 2013-09-08T16:19:26.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-08T16:19:26.000Z
- Author: Ben Ellis
- Tags: Measurement & Analytics

This is one keyword I'll be mentioning very often in my future posts, so I thought I might as well create an article I can easily refer to later in the future.  
**Facebook story (or simply 'story')**. This is mentioned in various places in the Facebook Insights dashboard, and several places in the data exports (both Page and Post level.

**A story is an item that is displayed in your News Feed or News Ticker** (until the old layout completely fades out, getting rid of the News Ticker)**.** So, an example of a story is “*Ben liked a picture*“, “*Ben commented on a post*“, “*Ben was tagged in a picture*“.

Bear in mind that not all actions you perform create stories as a result. For example, clicking on a page post, opening a picture, pressing play on a video or clicking on a link does **not** create a story. However, those actions are still a part of engagement – a Facebook user might not click ‘like’ on a video you’ve posted on your Page, yet if he clicks on play and watches it, he still engaged with your content.

Here are the actions that create stories:

- liking a post
- liking a comment
- commenting on a post
- commenting on a comment
- sharing a post
- answering a question/”poll”
- responding to an event
- claiming an offer
- posting on the page wall
- mentioning the page in a post
- tagging the page in a photo
- checking in at your place/page
- sharing a check-in deal
- liking a check-in deal
- writing a recommendation
- liking a page
- using Facebook reactions on posts, including Facebook Live Video.