Twitter is rolling out temporary tweets called “Fleets” that disappear after 24 hours

There are certain features of competing services that are hard to do without, and among them, Stories is undoubtedly a canon of innovation that has eluded its creators. Stories originally appeared on SnapchatSocial networking is leading to more ad hoc communication.

Before it was gradually incorporated into Facebook applications, primarily Instagram. Then, more than two years ago, by Youtube. We almost wondered what Twitter was doing in its own territory. Twitter in particular has returned to growth since 2019 after a phase of decline. So in this context Twitter has been testing its response, called Fleets, for several months.

Twitter brings Snapchat-style Stories to its tweets with Fleets

Concretely, this comes in the form of Twitter-style Stories, tweets that disappear after 24 hours. Fleets can contain text, photos, and videos, just like a regular postHere’s Twitter’s statement: “Some of you tell us you’re uncomfortable tweeting because it’s so public, it seems so permanent, and there’s so much pressure to accumulate retweets and likes.”

And the social network continues: “Because it disappears from your view after a day, Fleets helps people feel more comfortable sharing ordinary personal thoughts, ideas, and feelings.” Twitter explains it The feature is available starting today. So this option will appear in your account soon.

The Guardian notes, however, that: Very mixed feedback from beta testers. It’s not that the system works badly, far from it. In some cases, it makes it possible to increase the virality of posts. But that’s not all: Fleets overcome certain restrictions, such as the ban on tagging people who have blocked youAccording to some testers, this opens up new harassment opportunities on the social network.

Twitter says it continues to listen to user feedback and promises to develop a solution, noting that warning messages on certain tweets may eventually be pasted into Fleets.

Source : Guard