But in the case of Instagram, if you want to share the same post on your profile, then first of all you will need to find the perfect third-party app, which can help do the rest of the job. Twitter is much easier in this regard, all you need to do is just find the tweet or post that you want to repost, and do it with a single tap. One of these is the reposting of other users' posts, reels, and videos. Still, there are a few shortcomings that make it difficult to handle this social media platform. #RIPTwitter is loaded with a bunch of interesting features for its users to share with friends including reels, photos, stories and much more. Seriously, You won’t add an Edit Tweet Button, but you think people give a flying f*ck about a Stories Feature!? BOI! It’s 2020, and you still won’t add an Edit Tweet Feature. Twitter (being used by Satan): /L1T5XzGIi6 Me : I am tired of seeing stories on Facebook and Instagram Now we gonna be seeing the same thing three times. Twitter: We’re proud to announce story features! #RIPTwitter /KdOwtCwaYA Twitter Users: Can we please get a edit button. The Apps which are owned by Facebook 🤣🤣🤣 #RIPTwitter /1MFKulmvfT Twitter- Hey, we are adding Story button soon. Me looking at my friends’ Stories on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and now also on Twitter. Looking at the Angry and Annoying Twitter Timeline, the #TwitterStories would look like this #RIPTwitter /4n0HfzK2Vu Me looking at my friends’ stories on Insta, FB, Snapchat and Twitter. Many said the feature sounded boring given all other major social media apps already have similar features. This is a substantial change to Twitter, so we’re excited to learn by testing it (starting with the rollout today in Brazil) and seeing how our customers use it.įew on Twitter were cheering the announcement, which might explain why #RIPTwitter started trending on the platform worldwide. We’re hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet. We’re hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet,” Beykpour said. “There are also a few intentional differences to make the experience more focused on sharing and seeing people’s thoughts. sWwsExRLcJĪnd though it looks like a ‘story’ on other apps, Twitter insists they don’t have the same features. Instead of showing up in people’s timelines, Fleets are viewed by tapping on your avatar.

Unlike Tweets, Fleets disappear after 24 hours and don’t get Retweets, Likes, or public replies– people can only react to your Fleets with DMs. Fleets will not show up in a user’s regular timeline and can only be viewed by tapping on your profile picture.įleets are a way to share fleeting thoughts. He also added that it’s a “substantial change to Twitter”, so they’re testing it among its employees and “starting with the rollout today in Brazil and seeing how our customers use it”.

The tech company’s head of product, Kayvon Beykpour tweeted about the new feature and shared small snippets of how it could look and work. According to the company, it is doing this in an effort to make people more comfortable with sharing content on Twitter as Fleets can only be accessed and others can reply to them through DMs only.

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