Twitter is one of the most popular and trending social media platforms used by millions of people from all over the world. It has always managed to surprise its users with its amazing features and services. This platform has always provided its users with the best experience of social networking. Previously, it launched a couple of new functionalities for its users that include voice tweets and creating multiple timelines.
Both the features are working well on the platform. And this time, this great social networking platform has come up with another new function called “Fleets”. However, we don’t have any precise information regarding the availability of this feature in other countries. But, we hope that it will be available soon in other regions as well. And for now, let’s focus on explaining this feature in detail.
Have you checked out this new feature yet? Want to know how to use it? If yes, then here, in our following article, you will get to know everything about this functionality along with the guide to use it on your devices. Please go through the full article to know more regarding this feature.
More Info on Twitter Fleets
As mentioned earlier, Fleets is a newly released feature of Twitter that is available for the users of both the devices, including Android and iOS. This new offering from Twitter is similar to the functionality of “Stories” that we use on Facebook and Instagram. According to the developers of Twitter, some people don’t tweet because their tweets are public and display the total number of retweets and likes on their posts.
Well, with the newly released feature called Fleets, this social networking platform has empowered the users to express themselves more independently and freely. Just like the stories on Facebook and Instagram disappear after 24 hours, the Fleets on Twitter will also automatically disappear after 24 hours of the posting. Besides this, you will not see any likes, retweets, or public replies on your fleets, and this is the best part of this feature.
Fleets are the perfect option if you want to post something casual and less permanent. However, Twitter’s Fleets are somewhat different from Facebook’s and Instagram’s “Stories” as it provides you with the ability to share clickable links as well. It is the main point that differentiates Fleets from Stories. There are several other differences between these two features, but it is the leading and most significant difference. And now, speaking of using this feature, it’s a straightforward task to create Fleets on Twitter. Do you want to know how you can create fleets on your account? There’s a way to do so. Following the below-mentioned method will make you able to use this feature. So, without wasting much time, let’s get straight to the technique of creating fleets.
The Steps to Create Twitter Fleets
Anyone can easily create Fleets on their accounts and share them. It follows a much simpler procedure to do that.
- Open the Twitter app on your device and log into your account with your email id and password.
- On the home screen of the application, tap on your profile icon located on the top left corner of the page.
- In the Fleets window, type a nice thought in the given box that you want to post. Or you can add an image or GIFs from the options presented to you. Along with that, here, you can also post links with the text and hashtags. Just like the usual Tweets, you can write up to 280 characters in your fleets.
- If you wish to add any images or videos on the fleets, you can do that by tapping on the “Camera” icon or “Picture” icon.
- And if you want to add text over your pictures and videos, you need to tap on the “Aa” button that is located at the top right corner of your screen.
- And similarly, if you are going to add GIF over your fleet, then you will have to tap on the “GIF ” button. After clicking on the GIF button, you will be taken to a window where you can select any GIFs as per your choice. And once when you are done creating your fleet, now, it’s time to post it. You can do that by tapping on the “Fleet” button positioned at the bottom corner of your screen.
So, this is the way to create a fleet on your Twitter account. You can watch your fleet by tapping on your profile icon and swipe up through your screen to view your fleet.
How to View the Fleets of Your Followers
You can easily view the fleets of your followers as well if they have this feature. Here’s a way to do it:
- To see the fleeting thought of the person that you are following, you will need to visit their profile.
- If they have shared a fleet, then you will see a circle around their profile. You will have to tap on the profile icon to see their fleeting thoughts.
