Here’s Why Twitter Is Now Removing Its ‘Fleets’ Feature – TechMoran

Twitter is removing its ‘fleets’ feature.

Twitter says Fleets are mostly used by those who are already tweeting to amplify their own tweets and talk directly with others. The company further says it will continue to explore more ways to address what holds people back from participating on Twitter. “And for the people who already are tweeting, we’re focused on making this better for you.”

The company said in a statement:

“Twitter is evolving, and trying bigger, bolder things to serve the public conversation. We built Fleets to be a lower-pressure, ephemeral way for people to share their fleeting thoughts. With Fleets, the hope was to help more people feel comfortable joining the conversation on Twitter,”

Ilya Brown, Twitter’s vice president of product said:

“However, Twitter hasn’t seen an increase in the number of new people joining the conversation with Fleets as it hoped. So starting August 3, Fleets will no longer be available on Twitter,”

They plan to explore other opportunities.

Twitter says Fleets are mostly used by those who are already tweeting to amplify their own tweets and talk directly with others. The company further says it will continue to explore more ways to address what holds people back from participating on Twitter. “And for the people who already are tweeting, we’re focused on making this better for you.”

Using what we’ve learned from Fleets, we will instead focus on creating other ways for people to participate in conversations, listening to feedback and changing direction when there may be a better way to serve people using Twitter,” the company added.

The microblogging platform confirmed that it will soon start testing updates to the tweet composer and camera to incorporate features from the Fleets composer – like the full-screen camera, text formatting options, and GIF stickers.

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