Memes take over as Twitter retires Fleets feature

Team Udayavani, Jul 16, 2021, 1:14 PM IST

Twitter on July 14, announced that they are discontinuing the fleets feature on August 3.

The microblogging site in a blog post said, “the full-screen tweets feature that would appear on top of the Twitter timeline, and expire after 24 hours, will not be available anymore.”

we're removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff

we're sorry or you're welcome

— Twitter (@Twitter) July 14, 2021

Starting August 3, users will instead just see active Spaces — Twitter’s live audio chat rooms — at the top of their timelines.

A tweet by Twitter Support read, “We had planned for Fleets to help people feel comfortable joining the conversation in a low-pressure way, but it turns out Fleets were mainly used by those tweeting the most. So now we’re ready to explore other ways for people to share on Twitter,”

We had planned for Fleets to help people feel comfortable joining the conversation in a low-pressure way, but it turns out Fleets were mainly used by those Tweeting the most.

So now we're ready to explore other ways for people to share on Twitter. (2/4)

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 14, 2021

Right after the announcement, Netizens were quick to come up with memes.

That was fleeting…

I'll show myself out ?#TwitterFleets https://t.co/wHzBwu4nSJ

— Nicky Veitch (@NickyVeitch) July 14, 2021

Fleets was a fleeting thought! So long #twitterfleets

— Malhar Barai (@MalharBarai) July 15, 2021

Anyway people were using it to repost their Tweets ?‍♀️#twitterfleets pic.twitter.com/JVhNBqagyS

— Twinkle Kapoor (@twinklingideas) July 15, 2021

When Twitter takes Fleets away pic.twitter.com/K5Yze2GNVg

— TheNiceCast (@TheNiceCast_) July 14, 2021

i hear twitter fleets died, pic.twitter.com/oJlxcWdzks

— mike taddow (@MikeTaddow) July 14, 2021

Reaction to twitter axing fleets. pic.twitter.com/OfujhvDrjV

— ETHICAL STALKER (@PsychographEd) July 14, 2021