Omggggg literally came here to say the same thing 😂
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Twitter Launches Ephemeral Tweets Called 'Fleets' for All Users
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Omggggg literally came here to say the same thing 😂
IMO Stories killed Instagram. It became a total sh*t show because it encourages people to post basically everything which is almost always absolut nonsense.
Instagram used the be great when it was all about photography. But nowadays it’s not worth using anymore.
Instagram used the be great when it was all about photography. But nowadays it’s not worth using anymore.
Amazing. Although I'm confused because that was sent in March...
Twitter really lost their path, it was a way to socially connect with people via short tweets and read updates.
Now its a networking site like Facebook overrun with ads, companies, fake accounts, fake replies, spam, long articles in thread form...they really lost the way. And now fleet
Now its a networking site like Facebook overrun with ads, companies, fake accounts, fake replies, spam, long articles in thread form...they really lost the way. And now fleet
I had to look it up because I'm not gay, and I don't Tweet. I most certainly will not be Fleeting! 🤢
Urban Dictionary: Fleeting
Fleeting: The act of [cleansing] your colon [by way of] using [Fleet] enemas.
www.urbandictionary.com
Really! 😳
This feature has been available in beta in other countries for several months now, I think.
"Fleets" are nasty things you have to use when you take pain killers due to a terrible injury.
Who in their right mind didn't do research on naming...
Who in their right mind didn't do research on naming...
What I don't get is why they used such a horrible UI for this. The round icons at the top waste screen space and are annoying to interact with.
What they should have done is just let you send regular tweets as "fleets", and have them appear in the timeline normally, like other tweets, but in a different color or with an icon to show they are ephemeral.
Whoever is in charge of UI/UX at Twitter needs to get better at their job.
EDIT: Not only that but you can't even see the "fleets" on the website; they only work on mobile. So the feature isn't even cross-platform. The level of fail here is phenomenal.
What they should have done is just let you send regular tweets as "fleets", and have them appear in the timeline normally, like other tweets, but in a different color or with an icon to show they are ephemeral.
Whoever is in charge of UI/UX at Twitter needs to get better at their job.
EDIT: Not only that but you can't even see the "fleets" on the website; they only work on mobile. So the feature isn't even cross-platform. The level of fail here is phenomenal.
I might use Twitter again if they would ease up on prioritizing tweets with photos & videos. Even set to chronological they find a way to make my feed 50% media rather than text.
Also 10 years ago I used Twitter primarily from my web browser, now the web version is so heavy it bogs down my MacBook.
So, what's the point? I can't find any tweet I've seen within more than a half hour again. I gave up.
Some feature. Are the acknowledging this fact? I guess if you only follow one person, maybe this could be useful. Am I missing something?
Some feature. Are the acknowledging this fact? I guess if you only follow one person, maybe this could be useful. Am I missing something?
You mean the same marketing department that prominently placed a photo with the caption „FLOP!“ in the product announcement video?
Seems like they have a team at Twitter to make things as unappealing as possible. Good work, guys.
...especially while sitting on his gold-plated toilet seat waiting for the Fleet to kick in.
and "whorketing" aka "influencers", ie chicks showing their, um, assets next to whatever piece of crap they are selling
I gave up on mainstream social media around the moment when it became OK to post soft pornography with captions about mental health.
OMG.. how do I turn off this obnoxious bar at top of iOS Twitter app?!?!? It's not in the settings! WHY does T and FB constantly ram unwanted features down our throats?
OMG THIS! A buddy of mine is a talented fine art photographer who showed me one day that the top 10 Instagram photos in his town were all barely legal teens mounting and/or facing the camera spread eagle in a bikini. That’s when you know a platform has jumped the shark.