Twitter has in the recent past been introducing a bunch of new features to its app, some original, some copied from other social media apps. One such feature is Fleets, an Instagram stories-like feature and now it is getting improvement users are unhappy about.
Users, commonly referred to as tweeps have recently noticed that the fleet section at the top of the app is now showing random fleets from people you don’t follow.
Reports say the new Fleets design from non-followers have a grey lightning bolt to differentiate themselves from your regular Fleets from people you follow and appear after you’ve watched all the fleets from people you follow.
@MattNavarra
Did u notice the new fleets with ⚡️on the top of your timeline for users you do not actually follow? pic.twitter.com/RyU75EBNRe— إيهاب (@ehab) July 7, 2021
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People are not happy! here are a bunch of reactions from people who have stumbled upon the feature.
I hate that you can see someone else fleets even if you don't follow them. I just literally fucking saw a man naked and covering his penis with an emoji.
— Ghosty Da Clown (@GhostyClown) July 6, 2021
Is there a settings option that can stop twitter from showing me randos fleets that i dont follow?
Please and thanks 😂🙄— lactate on, losers! (@otomebunny) July 5, 2021
how the fuck do i disable fleets from people i dont follow? THIS IS BULLSHIT
— osiris |🖤🇲🇽❤️| my humanity is not debatable (@Derois02) July 5, 2021
This new twitter update shows me fleets for people i dont even follow this is so dumb
— / (@Ohmnyx) July 4, 2021
@TwitterSupport Why are you showing me fleets of people i DONT follow?! I have no interest in this. Please remove this action from Twitter – it's useless.
— HoodLikeMe (@ChuckTaylorz89) July 2, 2021
no bird app, I certainly dont wanna see fleets from people I do not follow, please take that nonsense outta my face it’s so weird & uncomfortable..
— 🦋 Hadeel 🦄 #TOArise 🌸 (@iHadeel_x) July 2, 2021
@TwitterSupport hi all,
Can you tell me why I’m having those fleets FROM ACCOUNTS I DONT FOLLOW appearing on my timeline?
How that behavior can be disabled? Or better yet: how can fleets be disabled? I don’t use them, and don’t want to see them, fleets are pretty useless to me. pic.twitter.com/RwnvPvy2xx
— Antonio Gil (@Antonio_Gil_) July 2, 2021
Would you mind seeing fleets from people you don’t follow?
