Maybe instead of the stupid “Fleets” Twitter has forced upon us, they could just fix the thing where the tweet you’re reading disappears as your timeline refreshes.
Disappearing content is not a new idea and has already been introduced on a number of other platforms including Facebook. Instagram stories were also panned when they were first introduced but have since grown to become many people's main point of focus and interaction on the app.
Whether that happens on Twitter remains to be seen, but so far users are having fun roasting the "new" feature.
i’m cool with twitter stories as long as they’re used how they’re supposed to be: making ur life seem miserable. making ur life seem perfect is for instagram. there will be none of that here
me thinking about how adding fleets shifts the balance of power on Twitter towards hot people pic.twitter.com/0DhVSmFsUW
— postmaster-general cameron wilson (@cameronwilson) November 19, 2020
Many people's debut fleets have been pictures of themselves, which has led to some unfortunate ego checks for some on a social media platform where people don't even know what some of the most popular posters look like.
