Stories

Stories are short videos your team can see for 24 hours, similar to stories on social media. They're for moments and shout-outs, not for anything you need to keep — they disappear automatically once the day is up.

Where stories appear

Open the mobile app to the Work Items screen. The top of the screen has a horizontal row of round profile pictures — that's the stories row. Each circle is one teammate who has posted a story.

• Your own circle always shows first on the left, with a + in the corner
• The other circles are teammates with active stories
• A bright outline means there's a story you haven't watched yet
• A faded circle means you've already watched everything that person posted

Watching a story

Tap any circle to open the story viewer full-screen.

1. Tap the circle of the person whose story you want to watch
2. The viewer opens and starts playing their first unwatched story
3. The video plays full-screen with the person's name and profile picture at the top
4. Small progress bars at the top show how many stories that person has and how far through you are

While a story is playing:

• Tap the right side of the screen — skip to the next story
• Tap the left side of the screen — go back to the previous story
• Swipe left — next story
• Swipe right — previous story
• Touch and hold — pause. A "Paused" label appears. Let go to resume.

When the last story from that person ends, the viewer closes and you go back to the Work Items screen.

Posting your own story

Stories on Pilla are videos up to 30 seconds long. There's no photo-only or text-only option on mobile — every story is a short video.

1. Tap the + on your own circle in the stories row
2. The camera screen opens
3. Tap the round record button at the bottom to start. A 3-2-1 countdown plays first.
4. The button turns red while you're recording. A progress bar shows how much of the 30 seconds is left.
5. Tap the button again to stop, or wait until the 30 seconds runs out
6. The preview screen opens with your recorded video
7. Tap Upload to post it, or Retake to record again

The upload runs in the background, so you can keep using the app while the video processes. Once it's up, your circle appears in the stories row for your teammates.

You can also flip between the front and back camera before you start recording, using the icon at the top right of the camera screen.

Watching your own story

Tap the profile picture part of your own circle (not the +) to watch your stories from your team's point of view. This is a quick way to check what you've posted today.

The viewer works the same way as for other people's stories — tap to navigate, hold to pause, swipe to move between stories.

Who can see your stories

Stories are visible to anyone on the same teams as you. If you're on Team A and Team B, your story shows up for everyone on both teams.

• People on teams you don't belong to don't see your stories
• Stories are mobile-only, so they don't appear on the web app at all
• The web app has nothing equivalent — managers can't watch them from a browser

How long stories last

Every story automatically disappears 24 hours after it's posted.

• The timer starts the moment you upload
• After 24 hours the story is gone and nobody can watch it
• Nothing you need to do — Pilla handles the cleanup
• There's no archive of expired stories

That's why stories are for the moment — celebrations, shout-outs, a "look at this" — and not for anything you need to refer back to later.

Tips

• A faded circle means you've watched everything that person has posted in the last 24 hours.
• Touch and hold to pause if you spot something worth looking at properly.
• Stories don't replace work elements or messages. Anything important should go in a message or attached to a workflow run.
• Up to 30 seconds per video. If you need longer, post multiple stories — they'll play one after the other.
• Stories live on mobile only. If a manager needs to see something kept on the record, post it as a message in a team chat instead.