Well, that was fleeting…
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) – Well, that was fleeting… Twitter has announced it is shutting down Fleets, the ephemeral tweet feature it rolled out last year in an attempt to copy the popular Stories format available in competing apps such as Instagram and Snapchat. Starting 3 August 2021, Twitter users will only see active Spaces (Twitter’s live audio chat rooms) at the top of their timelines, rather than Fleets as well. In a tweet thread, Twitter revealed it had „big hopes“ for Fleets, but it decided to focus on other ideas. It said it learned a lot from the experience, however, and plans to create newer, better ways for users to start conversations on the platform. „We’re evolving what Twitter is, and trying bigger, bolder things to serve the public conversation“, Twitter elaborated in a blog post.
