Twitter tests new feature ‘Fleets,’ Twitterati respond

Micro-blogging platform Twitter announced on Thursday that it is testing a new feature called ‘Fleets’ on its platform.

The feature is similar to the ‘Stories’ feature on platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

“Fleets are for you to share your ideas and momentary opinions. These posts disappear after 24 hours and have no Retweets, likes or public comments,” Twitter said in an official blog post detailing the feature.

Twitter is currently testing out the feature in Brazil since “Brazil is one of the countries where people talk the most on Twitter,” it said.

Twitter’s Fleets will be similar to regular tweets. However, other users will not be able to like, reply or comment on the fleets. Users can, however, respond to the Fleets through direct messages.