Goodbye, Fleets

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Post by mattyb » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

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#2

Post by Saint_Genet » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

If you think people are held back from tweeting by anxiety, how would you ever come to the conclusion that videos are the solution?

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#3

Post by jaqalopes » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

... we hardly knew ye!

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Post by par » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

> Although we built Fleets to address some of the anxieties that hold people back from Tweeting, Fleets are mostly used by people who are already Tweeting to amplify their own Tweets

this is exactly my problem with Twitter. It's an even bigger echo chamber than FB. As much as I try, I can't seem to escape the oversaturated bubble of a handful of extremely loud mouthed tweeters and their ardent followers. Mix in the toxic conversations, and it's definitely not a place I feel comfortable discussing anything.

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Post by thallavajhula » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

Twitter is great when it comes to transparency. I love how they included this

>Although we built Fleets to address some of the anxieties that hold people back from Tweeting, Fleets are mostly used by people who are already Tweeting to amplify their own Tweets and talk directly with others. We’ll explore more ways to address what holds people back from participating on Twitter. And for the people who already are Tweeting, we’re focused on making this better for you.

It's always nice to know why an experiment/project failed. They didn't have to explain it, but they did and I thought it was a nice touch.

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Post by sharkweek » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

IMO this should be the default feature of Twitter.

I can't think of anything I'd be SUPER embarrassed of in my Twitter history, but context is important and something I might have Tweeted 10 years ago would look bad today, maybe.

Still, I make it a point to delete all my tweets after they're a week old or so. Not interested in my random musings living on for all of digital eternity.

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Post by jdlyga » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

Today I learned that there was a feature called Fleets.

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Post by cratermoon » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

thallavajhula wrote: post #5

Twitter is great when it comes to transparency. I love how they included this >Although we built Fleets to address some of the anxieties that hold people back from Tweeting, Fleets are mostly used by people who are already Tweeting to amplify their own Tweets and talk directly with others. We’ll explore more ways to address what holds people back from participating on Twitter. And for the people who already are Tweet…

> Twitter is great when it comes to transparency

Pull the other leg.

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Post by CharlesW » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:45 PM UTC

par wrote: post #4

> Although we built Fleets to address some of the anxieties that hold people back from Tweeting, Fleets are mostly used by people who are already Tweeting to amplify their own Tweets this is exactly my problem with Twitter. It's an even bigger echo chamber than FB. As much as I try, I can't seem to escape the oversaturated bubble of a handful of extremely loud mouthed tweeters and their ardent followers. Mix in the t…

> It's an even bigger echo chamber than FB.

The trick is to block early and often. The feed is what you make it.

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Post by cratermoon » Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

Saint_Genet wrote: post #2

If you think people are held back from tweeting by anxiety, how would you ever come to the conclusion that videos are the solution?

Yeah this explanation smells. Reading between the lines, I'd say that twitter fell prey to a couple of bad predictions. The widely-maligned "pivot to video" that ended up being based on FB fudging the numbers for how much engagement video got, and the idea that duplicating the success of IG or TikTok is just about enabling 30 second video snippets.