What do you think of Twitter's new ephemeral tweets ("fleets") feature?

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More details on fleets: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/21163877/twitter-stories-test-brazil-fleets-ephemeral

Toni Cowan-Brown · Accepted Answer

With today's cancelled culture we are seeing an increasing number of people 'tweeting and deleting' - mostly out of fear and freedom to express 'fleeting' thoughts. So this new feature makes a lot of sense. With that said I hope this doesn't increase the number of aggressions, disinformation and abuse that we are already seeing.

Mark Espinola · Answer

Folks are mean enough on Twitter as it is. I'm thinking this will make things worse.

Aaron O'Leary · Answer

I like the idea, hoping it sticks but I do not like the name

Michael Kawula · Answer

It's great to see Twitter testing and innovating. Though I don't see myself using it much, I do know my 3 teens have said they would and I feel it will help with them attracting today's younger generation. I feel long-term it's a great strategy for them to increase MAU's. Time will tell. As for the name...who cares, everyone will probably still call it stories ;)

Sheran Corera · Answer

It sucks, sounds like yet another copy.

Steve Elon · Answer

This sounds interesting but why "fleets"?

Jorge Jiménez · Answer

The idea it's amazing. The name it's a disaster. This is like trying to re invent the wheel. Terrible marketing decision.

What do you think of Twitter's new ephemeral tweets ("fleets") feature?

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