Twitter's disappearing tweets feature is disappearing

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Fleets, Twitter's feature that lets users post disappearing tweets, is disappearing less than a year after it debuted.

Twitter announced Wednesday it's shutting down Fleets, posts that only stay online for 24 hours similar to Snapchat Stories, due to low usage, The Verge reports.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.