New Twitter Features Disappointing Netizens

Display Tweets stories (doc. Twitter)

JAKARTA - Citizens on the Twitter social media network are disappointed with the feature update embedded on the platform with the blue bird logo. This disappointment was expressed in the hashtag #RIPTwitter, which is now a trending topic on Twitter.

The feature referred to is 'Fleets' or 'Fleeting Tweets' and can disappear automatically after 24 hours. Sound familiar? yes because this feature is similar to stories on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook.

Quoting from The Guardian, the feature that is being tested for Twitter users in Brazil has not received a bad response from netizens. Those who did not like this Twitter stories feature raised the hashtag #RIPTwitter to criticize the breakthrough from the American company.

I don't fuckin care about your story. # RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/Aa445L7Qxe

- Rapsyogi (@nonamebat) March 5, 2020

The display of Twitter-style stories is somewhat similar to those on Instagram and Snapchat. To make a fleet, tap the plus button on the top left along with other fleet lines.

From there, Twitter users can write sentences of up to 280 character words or add photos, GIFs, or videos. Stories will appear from friends you have followed.

"Twitter is working to create new capabilities that overcome some things because they cannot talk to each other on Twitter," said Twitter product leader Kayvon Beykpour as quoted by The Guardian, Thursday, March 5.

But not all users will get this feature, because Twitter only embeds Fleets for users who get verification marks and public figures. But Fleets also won't propagate via the Explore option and appear in searches or Moments, nor do they perch on external websites.

"Every day, people come to Twitter to see what's going on. One of the unique things about Twitter is that what is happening is driven by people sharing their thoughts openly, via tweets," said Beykpour.

Display stories ala Twitter (Twitter)

On the other hand, Twitter argues that the Fleets feature addresses one of the main reasons why users rarely tweet, because they feel uncomfortable with Twitter's public nature.

In fact, Twitter has lagged far behind other social media. This feature was first popularized by Snapchat, which was then followed by Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Youtube.

The Spotify music player application also recently announced about testing a new feature similar to Stories. Even Microsoft Skype also tried it without catching the user.