Twitter tries out 'fleets', tweets that vanish after a day
by Reuters from on (#508SY)
Fleets trialled in Brazil to remove some of the anxieties that 'hold people back from talking', company says
Twitter is testing tweets in Brazil that disappear after 24 hours, similar to the stories feature by Facebook's photo-sharing app Instagram.
Called "fleets", the vanishing messages are viewed by tapping on a user's profile picture, and people can react to them only with direct messages, Kayvon Beykpour, the company's product lead said on Twitter.
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