Twitter tests out new disappearing tweets called ‘fleets’

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 4, 2020 7:09pm ET

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Twitter tests out new disappearing tweets called ‘fleets’ — House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., listens during a roundtable on immigration policy in California, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 16, 2018, in Washington. | (Evan Vucci/AP)

Twitter is giving a new type of tweet, which disappears after 24 hours, a test run in Brazil.

The new type of message, dubbed a “fleet,” was designed to encourage people to post about their everyday life more often. The company hopes the disappearing nature of fleets will assuage worries that users may have about the permanency of what they post online.

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