As someone that uses Twitter every day. I didn’t even know that was an option. Granted I use it to read more than post.
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Twitter Cancels 'Fleets' Just Months After Launch
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I’ll take “Things That Most Everyone Could've Told You”, for $1000.
Good riddance. Give me back my screen real estate instead of that wasted space for fleets
SO true, I hope we will get this space free again.
And if they could add sync 😍
First poster to speak on the completely known but rarely spoken of truth: BOTS (and multi account-one troll) make up a not insignificant amount of 'active users'.
Did anyone really use Fleets? I know I certainly didn't and I've wasted 11 years on Twitter.
How about getting rid of the endless stream of ads, Twitter?
How about getting rid of the endless stream of ads, Twitter?
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I follow around 60-70 people : around 2-3 fleets per weeks 😅
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Easy, just get Adblock. Although if you’re using safari, you’re SOL. :’(
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There is something about social networks that are going to make them eventually disappear. People want social networks but they want to be anonymous at the same time, which leads to bullying and everything else.
So, there is not such a thing as a "sweet spot" because, on top of that, everything is about advertisements too, and "influencers" do and say all sorts of nonsenses to generate traffic.
So... you have a media full of advertisements handled by ignorants. Where is the social value? There is no positive contribution to society.
So, there is not such a thing as a "sweet spot" because, on top of that, everything is about advertisements too, and "influencers" do and say all sorts of nonsenses to generate traffic.
So... you have a media full of advertisements handled by ignorants. Where is the social value? There is no positive contribution to society.
Apparently the screen real estate is going to be used for their audio "Spaces" service instead.
Same goes for their wonderful idea of advertising the launch with an image that said "FLOP!" (Yes – the article picture really was Twitter's initial marketing for the feature.)
Too much blanket on that statement for my tastes. My advice: be smart, use it responsibly, and it can amazing tool for connecting with people you don’t know (Twitter for me, in this case). I’ve connected with some fellow musicians that never would have happened without it.
It goes far beyond the local connections and people already in your social orbit than is intimated in you post.
But I guess it’s like credit, some people can’t be trusted, or don’t know how, to use it correctly. So be it. Neither is my problem.
Twitter uses a “one to many” model, is not for social interaction. I see it more as a RSS client instead of a social media app and this is why I like it and I use it.
Vine and Periscope were both acquisitions they abruptly abandoned. They are a problem company. They suck up innovation and then kill the product.
I use twitter to see hot takes and take jabs at snobby Hollywood elites. I don't want to hear from some schlub from Tallahassee making a mini podcast.
I really don't understand why they implemented them the way they did. Now that I'm WFH I'm using the web/iPad version of Twitter where Fleets never appeared. I forgot they existed 99% of the time.
To be honest, I see the same happening to FB and Insta at some point.
@MisterSavage Yes, they could easily make some tweet that will disappear after few time. And put it with another color in order to see it. Maybe put them in the top when we aren't in chronological order
Hey! Guess what I think is going to happen to "Spaces" in a few months...
Hopefully, these companies continue to get the hints that we don’t want 50 of the same thing. (I doubt it but do hope.)
In other words, I want to pick those networks I can tolerate.
In other words, I want to pick those networks I can tolerate.