{"id":75888,"date":"2020-03-13T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/?p=75888"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:42:15","slug":"twitter-working-on-new-stories-like-feature-called-fleets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/twitter-working-on-new-stories-like-feature-called-fleets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Working On New \u201cStories-Like\u201d Feature Called \u201cFleets\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tMarketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell\t\t\t<\/p>\n<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Seth Godin<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Marketing+is+no+longer+about+the+stuff+that+you+make%2C+but+about+the+stories+you+tell+%E2%80%94+Seth+Godin&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fbluflamingo.digital%2Fwp-admin%2Fadmin-ajax.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTweet<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. Confirming this was Kayvon Beykpour product lead twitter &amp; co-founder of Periscopeco, through a tweet he sent on 4 March 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fleets are a way to share fleeting thoughts. Unlike Tweets, Fleets disappear after 24 hours and do not get Retweets, Likes, or public replies&#8211; people can only react to your Fleets with DMs and Instead of showing up in people\u2019s timelines, Fleets will be viewed by tapping on your avatar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have been listening to this feedback and working to create new capabilities that address some of the anxieties that hold people back from talking on Twitter. Today, in Brazil only, we are starting a test (on Android and iOS) for one of those new capabilities. It\u2019s called Fleets.\u201d &#8211; @kayvz<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet. This is a substantial change to Twitter, so we\u2019re excited to learn by testing it (starting with the rollout today in Brazil) and seeing how our customers use it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayvz\/status\/1235248953362268160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Twitter\u2019s case, Fleets are meant to address one of the primary reasons why users do not tweet: they feel uncomfortable with Twitter\u2019s public nature. Fleets, represent a simpler and more familiar solution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trials have already started in Brazil and the feature will be available to others later this year.<\/p>\n<h2>Please Share<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on facebook<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on google<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle+<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on twitter<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on linkedin<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Keep Learning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell Seth Godin Tweet Finally, Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. Confirming this was Kayvon Beykpour product lead twitter &amp; co-founder of Periscopeco, through a tweet he sent on 4 March 2020. 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