Twitter puts Fleets to test in India

NEW DELHI: Micro blogging platform Twitter said starting Tuesday, it is testing out a new feature in India called Fleets which will enable people to put their fleeting thoughts on the platform. Fleets posts will disappear after 24 hours and there will not be any likes, retweets, or public replies on them.

Twitter said it learnt from research that people don’t tweet because tweets feel permanent and display the number of retweets and likes. The company said it hoped Fleets will empower many more people to express themselves more freely. India is the third market globally after Brazil and Italy where Twitter is rolling out this feature to test.