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This sounds almost like they're trying to replicate "Stories" from other social networks. - Shows up at the top of one's feed, more prominent. - Expires after

• dddbbb 7y ago
  Well that is the first line of the article... But yes, I wonder how it will fit into the Twitter ecosystem. The two most successful implementations of this are Snapchat and Instagram: Snapchat was only a communication platform before stories, and Instagram profiles tend to be very deliberate and curated. Neither of these really apply to Twitter.
• stevekemp 7y ago
  Expiring tweets seem interesting, and it would be interesting to see how they handle that alongside their recent change to "remind" people about things they've missed. I've just deleted my account because their notifications keep spamming me with reminders "Have you seen this tweet: ...". Those fake notifications are not things I care about, and are impossible to disable, the most you can do is say "Show me less of these" which never seems to actually result in a change.
• dang 7y ago
  That's in the article title. The problem was that it's longer than HN's 80 char limit. The submitted title was "Twitter starts testing 'Fleets,' which disappear after 24 hours", which is a perfectly good way to shorten it to fit the limit. But maybe mentioning Stories is more important than mentioning 24 hours, so I've adjusted it for the time being.