Twitter Tests Out Disappearing "Fleets"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

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Twitter Tests Out Disappearing "Fleets"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

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Twitter now allows you, at least if you're part of a test in Brazil, to post ephemeral messages. I can see why they're doing this. But does this solve any problem that Twitter needs to solve? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-testing-disappearing-tweets-fleets/

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Twitter Tests Out Disappearing "Fleets"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech

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