[7] The standalone service was discontinued on May 16, 2018, with users being directed to "Storify 2" as part of the Adobe Experience Manager Livefyre product.
Media organizations used Storify in coverage of ongoing news stories such as elections,[8] meetings and events.
[9] Poynter.org recommended using Storify for covering social movements, breaking news, internet humor and memes, reactions and conversations, and extreme weather.
[12][13] The main purpose of Storify was to allow users to create stories by importing content from various forms of media into a timeline.
Internet averages indicated that most Storify users were women between 25 and 34 years of age who had no children and browsed the site from work.