Social media giant, Twitter, is set to remove Fleets, its vanishing-post feature. It made the announcement via a tweet on Wednesday evening:we’re removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff we’re sorry or you’re welcome — Twitter (@Twitter) July 14, 2021Twitter’s reason for shutting down the ephemeral tweet format may not be unconnected to low usage after its launch just eight months ago. “But, in the time since we introduced Fleets to everyone, we haven’t seen an increase in the number of new people joining the conversation with Fleets like we hoped.”Like Instagram Stories, Facebook stories, and Snapchat, Fleets are Twitter posts that are temporary. Nigeria had about 33 million active social media users as of January 2021. According to Statista, about 61.4 per cent of Nigerian social media users use Twitter, 86.2 per cent use Facebook, 81.6 per cent use YouTube, 73.1 per cent use Instagram, and 67.2 per cent use Facebook Messenger.

Source: Punch July 14, 2021 19:13 UTC