Twitter testing disappearing 'fleets' in Brazil

Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it was testing tweets in Brazil that disappear aft...

Called 'fleets', the vanishing messages are viewed by tapping on a user's profile picture, and people can only react to them with direct messages, Kayvon Beykpour, the company's product lead said on Twitter.

The move comes as the social media company is looking to make its platform more user-friendly and bring in more people through measures such as allowing people to follow topics and by trying to clean up abusive content.“We’re hoping that Fleets can help people share the fleeting thoughts that they would have been unlikely to Tweet,” Beykpour said.

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