Twitter Fleets are being axed and they won’t be missed – 15 good riddance messages
Around eight months after introducing its short-term messaging option, Fleets, Twitter has stopped flogging that particular dead bird and announced the date of its funeral. Presumably it was pining for the fjords.
Recognising that the Snapchat-mimicking feature had divided opinion, this is how Twitter made the announcement.
we're removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff
we're sorry or you're welcome
— Twitter (@Twitter) July 14, 2021
There wasn’t exactly an outpouring of grief, as these reactions show.
1.
Fleets are the second best thing to be removed from Twitter in the past year
— Adam (@adamgreattweet) July 14, 2021
2.
As I watched Twitter remove one of their product features, I couldn't help but wonder: Were my feelings for him Fleeting as well? https://t.co/X4Aa16NKde pic.twitter.com/uS3PuDoWEA
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) July 14, 2021
3.
RIP fleets (2020-2021) now what am i gonna accidentally click on when trying to look at someone’s profile picture in detail
— amy b (@arb) July 14, 2021
4.
Once again proving we don't WANT the same exact features on every goddamn platform https://t.co/eCGBVzQ9mC
— Holly Brockwell (@holly) July 14, 2021
5.
Social Media Managers who never made a strategy for Fleets realizing they'll never have to start. pic.twitter.com/xTq9S1lhfa
— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) July 14, 2021
6.
The Spanish Armada after losing to the British in 1588 https://t.co/z9cGGQvjIv
— Jacob Petray (@Jape_tray) July 14, 2021
7.
The way I forgot it existed https://t.co/AdRQe6O0Ko
— Bolu Babalola (@BeeBabs) July 14, 2021
8.
never saw the point of fleets, instagram stories are for attractive people and this website is for us
— joe (@mutablejoe) July 14, 2021