Facebook has removed its Instant Articles platform off Messenger just a little over a year after first introducing the feature, reports TechCrunch. Instant Articles is a mobile feature Facebook introduced in 2015 as a way for news publishers to distribute their content to the mass of users on the social networking site. The articles load up to 10 times faster, but weak performance means Instant Articles struggled to grow.

“As we continue to refine and improve Instant Articles — and in order to have the greatest impact on people and publishers — we’re focusing our investment in Instant Articles in the Facebook core app and are no longer offering Instant Articles in Messenger,” a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch. The spokesperson…

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