Twitter Finally Implements Snapchat-esque Feature "Fleets," And Everyone Quickly Recognizes Its Hornyposting Potential

Twitter formally launched Fleets today, its answer to Instagram and Facebook's stories feature, which themselves were answers to Snapchat. The core idea of Fleets is that there you can post messages which will disappear in 24 hours. Fleets cannot be liked, retweeted, or publically commented on.

The reaction to Fleets thus far has been much the same to when it was first announced in March: basically, nobody wants it.

However, some Twitter users quickly realized the potential of the new feature for more unsavory forms of posting. Fleets quickly disappear and replies go directly to a user's DMs, making it much easier for users to privately get horny on main.

It appears that most of Twitter's userbase is prepared to use Fleets for chaotic evil for the time being. At the time of writing, only some users have the feature as Twitter rolls it out to all accounts. In the meantime, enjoy the fact that Fleets shares its name with a popular laxative:

So Twitter fails to give us an edit button and offers us Twitter Fleet instead. It’s named after a suppository due to the laxative effect this will have online. #Fleets #TwitterFleets #FleetWeek pic.twitter.com/0KwomdkhKD

— She’s Loca but She’s Magic (@jefadoll) November 17, 2020