Twitter has become one of the last major social media platforms to copy Snapchat's 24-hour disappearing type content, calling it 'Fleets'. They are currently testing Fleets in Brazil and it will work differently from regular tweets, that is, users will not be able to retweet, like or publicly comment on them. In a blog article, Twitter explained how a large percent of its user base feels uncomfortable with the public nature of tweets. Pretty much anyone could go through a user's account and bring up tweets from their timeline. This has made a lot of users nervous about tweeting everyday thoughts that could one day be used against them. Fleets is technically still public, that is, it can be seen by anyone during the first 24 hours of it being posted. The difference being Twitter will not push it into Search or Moments or even let it be embedded in an external website. Twitter conducted a survey in which users shared that they would be more comfortable sharing momentary and everyday thoughts if it disappeared 24 hours later. For testers in Brazil, there will be rounded bubble-shaped profile icons at the top of their timeline in the mobile app. The first bubble will ...
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Twitter is testing ‘Fleets’, a Snapchat-type feature that disappears after 24 hours
Twitter has become one of the last major social media platforms to copy Snapchat's 24-hour disappearing type content, calling it 'Fleets'. They are currently testing Fleets in Brazil and it will work differently from regular tweets, that is, users will not be able to retweet, like or publicly comment on them. In a blog article, Twitter explained how a large percent of its user base feels uncomfortable with the public nature of tweets. Pretty much anyone could go through a user's account and bring up tweets from their timeline. This has made a lot of users nervous about tweeting everyday thoughts that could one day be used against them. Fleets is technically still public, that is, it can be seen by anyone during the first 24 hours of it being posted. The difference being Twitter will not push it into Search or Moments or even let it be embedded in an external website. Twitter conducted a survey in which users shared that they would be more comfortable sharing momentary and everyday thoughts if it disappeared 24 hours later. For testers in Brazil, there will be rounded bubble-shaped profile icons at the top of their timeline in the mobile app. The first bubble will ...
