If you spend a lot of time on Twitter, you may have noticed Twitter's new feature: “Fleets.” A fleet is basically the same as an Instagram or Snapchat story.
That thing you didn’t Tweet but wanted to but didn’t but got so close but then were like nah. We have a place for that now—Fleets! Rolling out to everyone starting today.
The response is...pretty negative, though Gay Twitter is having fun with the name, which is also the name of an enema brand.
The underpaid queer person on staff at Twitter who got their silent revenge when the bros decided to call it a "fleet"
Here are 26 more of the best reactions to Twitter's newest unwanted feature, for your enjoyment!
1. Some played around with the name:
Elizabeth I to Philip II of Spain https://t.co/chWDevPpzO
2. Others compared the new feature to Snapchat and Instagram...
this twitter snapchat and instagram rn
3. ...suggesting that they'd post the same story on all three:
Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter when i post the same fye picture to each story
4. One person even brought up Vine (RIP):
Tik Tok copied Vine, one of Twitter’s biggest failures. Instagram copied Tik Tok, by making Reels. Twitter copied Instagram, by introducing Stories, which Instagram stole from Snapchat.
5. A lot of people were feeling especially bad for Snapchat:
YouTube gets stories: Instagram gets stories: Twitter gets stories: Snapchat:
6. Though some wanted to see this story trend continue to other apps, like Canvas:
At this point Canvas and Blackboard should add stories so that professors can see me cry and rant about my grades
7. And even Excel, with this person coming in with an amazing callback to Kelly Rowland seemingly texting someone through Excel in her "Dilemma" music video:
Kelly Rowland knew https://t.co/llhOjCKRx5
(For reference, here's the gif:)
8. A lot of people were worried that people were going to bring their ridiculously long stories to Twitter:
If I see anybody Twitter story like this, you getting blocked and reported
9. One person made a Kim Possible reference:
Tweet me, fleet me, if you wanna reach me.
10. Others brought up the recent Instagram update, which gives a whole tap for shopping:
So Twitter is Instagram now and Instagram is a mall . What’s next Amazon is the state ?? Wait
11. A LOT of people were just frustrated that Twitter STILL hasn't added an edit button:
Did Twitter really give us stories before giving us an edit button..
12. Some didn't like the personal aspect:
Y’all posting yall bfs on y’all fleet ? I thought we was single on Twitter
13. Although others thought it was far from personal:
u know my fleet not my story
14. This guy had a pretty accurate representation of people's current Fleets:
Every twitter story/fleet thing right now
15. This person had a better suggestion for a name than "Fleets":
Why didn’t twitter call this story feature chirps?
16. Most people were unimpressed with the glitching that fleets often cause:
Twitter when u try to exit a fleet
17. Especially when you're swiping between Fleets:
Twitter when I swipe to the next Fleet
18. Though some liked it for its rhyming opportunities:
LMFAOO “from fleet to sheets, a Twitter love story” 😂😂😂😂😂
19. This person made great use of another recent meme:
the new twitter stories are really cool actually ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
20. This person thought it was funny that people had adjusted to Fleets so quickly:
ITS BEEN 11 SECONDS LMAAAOOO https://t.co/GUtzLz3rLK
21. Some people were just not excited to see how people will use the feature:
"that's it. that's the fleet." — someone I'm going to block
22. Especially if it's used for crying:
First person I see crying on a story I’m reporting ya page
23. Or lip-synching:
if i see anyone smoking weed or lip syncing on these Twitter stories imma start blocking
24. Or simply promoting tweets:
could you imagine if ppl used fleets like instagram stories
25. OR making your life seem cool:
i’m cool with twitter stories as long as they’re used how they’re supposed to be: making ur life seem miserable. making ur life seem perfect is for instagram. there will be none of that here
26. And finally, this person was just tired of the posting-stories-while-driving trend:
Damn now I gotta watch y’all drive on every damn app?!!
Please do not fleet and drive!!
That's all for today, folks! In the meantime: @Twitter, GIVE US AN EDIT BUTTON!!!
