Twitter Fleets to Shut Down on August 3: Here Are Other Features It Killed

Twitter on Wednesday introduced that it’ll shut down its ephemeral Fleets function on August 3, eight months after it was launched. The micro-blogging platform says the function had failed to achieve traction amongst customers. The closure of Fleets comes only a month after Twitter had began testing commercials on the function. The firm stated that it did not see a rise within the variety of new folks becoming a member of the dialog with Fleets as they hoped. “Using our learnings from Fleets, we’ll focus on creating other ways for people to join the conversation and talk about what’s happening in their world,” it stated.

However, this isn’t the primary time when the San Francisco-based firm has determined to close down a function, and that too in such a short while. In truth, Twitter isn’t alone there. Even Google has, over time, discontinued merchandise that both bombed fully or had been proving to be an excessive amount of to hold. For occasion, in August final 12 months, the tech big killed Google Play Music, its music library and audio streaming service.

Here’s a listing of merchandise or options that Twitter has shut down over time:

Fleets: Twitter introduced via a weblog put up on Wednesday that beginning August 3, Fleets will now not be out there on Twitter. The motive we are saying Fleets was just like Instagram Stories is that not solely may customers share their tweets there but in addition a screenshot, {a photograph}, or a video from their gallery. The Fleet, very like Instagram Stories, disappeared after 24 hours. Fleets will now not be out there on the highest bar of the Twitter app from August 3, however it’ll proceed to function Spaces as and when any person you observe hosts one.

Periscope: In December 2020, Twitter introduced that it could shut down Periscope, the live-streaming app, after the function witnessed a decline in utilization up to now two years and rising supporting-costs. In a weblog put up, the corporate stated that the product had been in “an unsustainable maintenance-mode state” for some time. “Leaving it in its current state isn’t doing right by the current and former Periscope community or by Twitter,” the corporate stated. The product was then discontinued in March 2021.

Twttr: Twitter determined to show off threaded replies, a function it was experimenting with for some time, in December 2020. Following the consumer suggestions, the platform determined to discontinue the product and stated it could work on different strategies to enhance conversations.

We respect the suggestions you gave us via this run of our prototype app twttr. For now we’re turning it off so we will work on new checks to enhance the dialog expertise on Twitter.

If you are utilizing twttr, swap to the principle Twitter app to maintain up with what’s taking place. https://t.co/xq4emx9HeH

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 3, 2020

API: In August 2018, the corporate introduced that it was going to cease supporting Twitter for Apple Watch and Twitter for Mac, and changing the earlier Twitter for Windows app with Progressive Web App. Besides, the platform stated they had been eradicating assist for some outdated developer instruments. “We feel the best Twitter experience we can provide today is through our owned and operated Twitter for iOS and Android apps, as well as a desktop and mobile twitter.com,” the corporate stated again then in a weblog put up.

Twitter Moments: In October 2018, the micro-blogging website introduced that customers would now not be capable of create Moments inside iOS and Android Apps, one other function they stated that hadn’t seen a variety of usages. A consumer may, nevertheless, nonetheless make Moments on the desktop and examine it on iOS and Android units.

On October 23, we’re eradicating the flexibility to create Moments on the Twitter for iOS or Android apps. When options aren’t used as usually, we’ll take away them, so we will give attention to constructing different merchandise you may love.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) October 9, 2018

Vine: In October 2015, Twitter introduced via a blog post that it could shut down Vine, the video-sharing cellular app. The step was additionally taken to chop 9 p.c of its international workforce worldwide to maintain prices down. Introduced in 2013, Vine allowed customers to share small snippets of video that had been six seconds or much less in period.

The firm determined to discontinue the function regardless of its reputation among the many so-called ‘Vine Stars,’ who had attracted thousands and thousands of followers.