Published 17:42 IST, June 10th 2020

What's Twitter Fleet? Is it similar to Snapchat or Instagram Stories? All details here

Twitter Fleet has been launched recently by the social media platform. The function seems similar to Instagram Stories and Snapchat. Read ahead for details.

Reported by: Yash Tripathi
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Twitter has finally allowed users in India to share stories for people who follow m. Experientially  Twitter Fleet is somewhat similar to Snapchat Stories which is also adopted by Facebook-owned social media platforms such as Instagram and Messenger. Previously, Twitter users reportedly used to complain that y feel shy sometimes to tweet as it is a public medium and everyone can read ir posts. However, w Fleet has allowed m to post what y want to on ir account and it will only last for 24 hours.

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What is Twitter Fleet?

'Fleets', which is said to be similar to social media 'stories' that disappear in 24 hours, has joined trending Twitter terms such as Retweets, Likes, or public replies. This new feature on Twitter is similar to Tweets as it also contains text-first invation, neless, you can also add videos or photos. However, if you want to reply to a Fleet, tap on it to send a Direct Mess or emoji (similar to Instagram Stories), and continue conversation in your DMs. 

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A Twitter user's followers can see your Fleets at top of ir home timeline, and anyone who can see your full profile can find your Fleets re. People who have open DMs will be enabled to receive replies to ir Fleet. However, people with protected Tweets will only receive DMs from people who follow m and can see ir Twitter Fleet at top of ir timeline.

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Twitter is considered to be one of most important mediums that allow users to see and talk about what’s happening. By becoming a leading portal for expressing one's opinion, website allowed people to voice m publicly. But, re are many people are who find it hard or inappropriate to tweet on social media website for people who do t kw m. By bringing this invative feature of Twitter Fleet, social media portal has enabled users to share ir views amongst ir followers. This will also help in reducing pressure of gaining more reach such as likes, retweets and more, and also give Twitter a medium to match up to Instagram stories.

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17:42 IST, June 10th 2020