After just eight months, Twitter’s disappearing tweets will disappear by August.
Twitter introduced Fleets as a full-screen tweet that would expire from the feed after 24 hours. Citing low usage, the company is shutting down this part of Twitter starting Aug. 3. Twitter will instead be moving Spaces, its Clubhouse clone for live audio, to the top of the timeline.
“We’re removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff,” the company said in a tweet announcing the move. “we’re sorry or you’re welcome.”
At launch, many Twitter users became thrown off by the name of Fleets, which some pointed out was the name of a popular enema.