Twitter going the Instagram way, testing tweets that disappear after 24 hours
The feature, similar to Instagram's Stories, is called 'fleets'.
Called 'fleets', the vanishing messages are viewed by tapping on a user's profile picture, and people can only react to them with direct messages, Kayvon Beykpour, the company's product lead said on Twitter.
Every day, people come to Twitter to see what’s happening. One of the unique things about Twitter is that “what’s h… https://t.co/v7uFXCYpgy
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) 1583341208000People often tell us that they don’t feel comfortable Tweeting because Tweets can be seen and replied to by anybody… https://t.co/na9AOunHQN
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) 1583341208000We’ve been listening to this feedback and working to create new capabilities that address some of the anxieties tha… https://t.co/zGAcy3XOju
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) 1583341248000The move comes as the social media company is looking to make its platform more user-friendly and bring in more people through measures such as allowing people to follow topics and by trying to clean up abusive content.
Late last year, Twitter launched a feature for users to hide certain replies on their tweets.
"We're hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet," Beykpour said.
Fleets are a way to share fleeting thoughts. Unlike Tweets, Fleets disappear after 24 hours and don’t get Retweets,… https://t.co/OMgfzDRoet
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) 1583341252000We’re hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet. T… https://t.co/3FdAcUnJgw
— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) 1583341274000
It’s been a busy week for Indian twitterati. Much pent-up anger has been tweeted about, and things that have found a mention include politics (but of course), the impending Ayodhya verdict, Maharashtra power deal, Delhi lawyers scrapping with the cops and the India-Bangladesh T20 games.
But this is not all. Those frequent on Twitter would have noticed that many accounts on the micro-blogging platform have started using “Mastodon”. Many have tagged their names to the account and urged their followers to follow suit and quit Twitter to protest against the social platform’s policies..
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