Twitter tests disappearing 'fleets' which sure look a lot like Stories

Twitter wants a piece of that Stories action. 

The company announced today it will test a new, disappearing messaging feature in Brazil that has more than a passing resemblance to the format pioneered by Snap and later copied by Instagram. Dubbed "fleets," as in fleeting, the text-based messages live outside of users' main feeds and will disappear after 24 hours. Just like with Instagram Stories, to see fleets you'll need to click on a fleeting user's profile pic, which you'll find at the top of your timeline (see the below example layout). 

While many people wish they could set their tweets to auto-delete after a certain amount of time — and some even use third-party services to accomplish that — fleets appear designed to get people to generate more content and spend more time on Twitter.  Read more...