'Fleets': Twitter to unveil new feature similar to Snapchat, Instagram

Twitter has decided to introduce a major feature named ‘Fleets’ where users will be able to share ephemeral tweets which can include videos, GIFs or photos. Mo Al Adham, product manr at Twitter, said in a blog post that new feature will be tested in Brazil and company will learn wher it allows users to share ir views more comfortably.

“We hope that those people who are t usually comfortable with Tweeting use Fleets to talk about reflections that come to ir head,” wrote product manr.

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'Share momentary opinions'

Al Adham said that new functionality will encour users to share momentary opinions. Twitter posts in form of Fleets will disappear after 24 hours and will have retweets, likes or public comments. ‘Fleets’ resembles ‘stories’ feature of Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. According to industry experts, new feature is aimed at boosting Twitter’s user growth and advertising revenue in which company has lagged behind Facebook and Google.

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Followers of Twitter users will be able to see Fleets at top of ir feed and profile ps. While public comments won’t be available, users can reply to Fleets by clicking on it and sending a Direct Mess (DM) or emoji and continue conversation in DM. Anyone can react to Fleets if DMs are open. Fleets feature is being seen as a part of Twitter’s effort to provide more control to users on engment. 

product manr of Fleets said that feature will be available in Brazil only in application, wher iOS or Android. Al Adham urged to Tweet using hashtag #FleetsFeedback to provide feedback on new feature to help improve its functionality.

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