Published 15:33 IST, June 10th 2020

Twitter introduces ‘Fleets’ in India, check how to use the latest feature

Twitter has introduced its new feature called ‘Fleets’ where users can share ephemeral tweets including videos, GIFs or photos which will last for 24 hours.

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Twitter has introduced its new feature called ‘Fleets’ where users can share ephemeral tweets including videos, GIFs or photos which will last for 24 hours. ‘Fleets’ resembles ‘stories’ feature of Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook, and users can see Fleets at top of ir feed and profile ps.

A user can on profile picture visible at top of Twitter feed and d fleeting thoughts in form of text, ims, videos or GIFs. Texts can be superimposed on ims and videos a user wants to share as Fleet. Kayvon Beykpour, product le at Twitter and co-founder of Periscope, anunced on June 9 that Fleets feature have been rolled out and urged users to share feedback.

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Twitter posts in form of Fleets will disappear after 24 hours and will have Retweets, likes or public comments. While public comments won’t be available, users can reply to Fleets by ing on it and sending a Direct Mess (DM) or emoji and continue conversation in DM. Anyone can react to Fleets if DMs are open.

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Aim at vertising revenue

Fleets feature is being seen as a part of Twitter’s effort to provide more control to users on engment. According to industry experts, new feature is aimed at boosting Twitter’s user growth and vertising revenue in which company has lagged behind Facebook and Google.

Mo Al ham, product manr at Twitter, said in a blog post that new feature will encour users to share momentary opinions. Al ham h urged to Tweet using hashtag #FleetsFeedback to provide feedback on new feature to help improve its functionality.

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

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15:33 IST, June 10th 2020