After rolling out a disappearing tweet feature called "Fleets" globally last week, Twitter is now working to fix a bug which makes these tweets visible even after 24 hours. 
 
The details of the bug were posted by a Twitter user who uses the handle @donk_enby in a series of tweets on Saturday.

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The bug allowed a person to access and download a user`s Fleets and the person whose Fleets were accessed would not even know of it. 
 
The user would not get any notification that his/her Fleets had been read. 
 
This effectively means that the bug allowed Fleets to be archived even after they were supposed to expire.

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Twitter rolled out the Fleets feature for all users worldwide after testing in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea. 
 
Meant for sharing momentary thoughts, Fleets are supposed to only stick around for 24 hours. 
 
A Twitter spokesperson told TechCrunch that a fix for the bug which made Fleets to be seen even after they expired was on the way. 
 
"We`re aware of a bug accessible through a technical workaround where some Fleets media URLs may be accessible even after 24 hours. We are working on a fix that should be rolled out shortly," the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

After rolling out a disappearing tweet feature called "Fleets" globally last week, Twitter is now working to fix a bug which makes these tweets visible even after 24 hours.

After rolling out a disappearing tweet feature called "Fleets" globally last week, Twitter is now working to fix a bug which makes these tweets visible even after 24 hours. The details of the bug were posted by a Twitter user who uses the handle @donk_enby in a series of tweets on Saturday. Also read| Tried and tested: Twitter launches 'Fleets' globally after successful testing in India The bug allowed a person to access and download a user`s Fleets and the person whose Fleets were accessed would not even know of it. The user would not get any notification that his/her Fleets had been read. This effectively means that the bug allowed Fleets to be archived even after they were supposed to expire. Also read| Twitter is 'exploring' a dislike or downvote button Twitter rolled out the Fleets feature for all users worldwide after testing in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea. Meant for sharing momentary thoughts, Fleets are supposed to only stick around for 24 hours. A Twitter spokesperson told TechCrunch that a fix for the bug which made Fleets to be seen even after they expired was on the way. "We`re aware of a bug accessible through a technical workaround where some Fleets media URLs may be accessible even after 24 hours. We are working on a fix that should be rolled out shortly," the spokesperson was quoted as saying.

Bug makes Twitter 'fleets' visible even after 'disappearing'

The social media platform Twitter is now launching the new feature of 'Fleets' worldwide, after successfully testing it in India, Brazil,&nbsp;Italy, and South Korea.

Twitter decided to launch the new feature in other countries after it was observed that the users were getting more comfortable with the platform with the help of Fleets. Joshua Harris, Twitter's Director of Design, said, "We've seen Fleets helped people feel more comfortable sharing personal and casual thoughts, opinions, and feelings."&nbsp;

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The feature was launched in India in June 2020 and has seen an increase in the number of people engaging with the platform&nbsp;anecdotally. However, the utilisation of the feature itself has gone down&nbsp;in the interim. A reason behind this can be the lack of safety measures in the 'Fleet line'. The people who watch somebody's fleet through the fleet line can take a screenshot without the author being notified, and the author also does not have any way to find out who all have seen his/her fleet. Twitter is now working on getting these safety measures included in upcoming updates.

Meanwhile, the social media platform is also hoping to add&nbsp;stickers, more creator tools, and live broadcasting in the near future.

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Harris also revealed that the company will shortly be launching a voice chatroom called Audio Spaces. This chatroom will be launched with the aim of creating a safer and more comfortable space for intimate conversations between the users, said&nbsp;Maya Patterson, a Product Designer at Twitter.

"Voice tweets allow people to share their thoughts, but we imagined a live audio space to communicate with one other person or small groups," Patterson said. "A space that feels very safe and intimate. We've used the metaphor of a well-hosted dinner party. You don't need to know everyone at the party to have a good time, but everyone should feel comfortable to sit at the table."

"Safety is critical and we need to get that right in order for people to leverage live audio spaces, so we're going to launch this first experiment to a very small group of people, who are disproportionately impacted by harm on the platform — women and people from marginalised communities — and the team is interested and the company is interested in hearing first from this group of people on their feedback on audio spaces," she said.

The social media platform Twitter is now launching the new feature of 'Fleets' worldwide, after successfully testing it in India, Brazil, Italy, and South Korea.

The social media platform Twitter is now launching the new feature of 'Fleets' worldwide, after successfully testing it in India, Brazil, Italy, and South Korea. Twitter decided to launch the new feature in other countries after it was observed that the users were getting more comfortable with the platform with the help of Fleets. Joshua Harris, Twitter's Director of Design, said, "We've seen Fleets helped people feel more comfortable sharing personal and casual thoughts, opinions, and feelings." Also read| Twitter names famous hacker 'Mudge' as its head of security The feature was launched in India in June 2020 and has seen an increase in the number of people engaging with the platform anecdotally. However, the utilisation of the feature itself has gone down in the interim. A reason behind this can be the lack of safety measures in the 'Fleet line'. The people who watch somebody's fleet through the fleet line can take a screenshot without the author being notified, and the author also does not have any way to find out who all have seen his/her fleet. Twitter is now working on getting these safety measures included in upcoming updates. Meanwhile, the social media platform is also hoping to add stickers, more creator tools, and live broadcasting in the near future. Also read| Apple is testing foldable iPhone prototype for September 2022 release Harris also revealed that the company will shortly be launching a voice chatroom called Audio Spaces. This chatroom will be launched with the aim of creating a safer and more comfortable space for intimate conversations between the users, said Maya Patterson, a Product Designer at Twitter. "Voice tweets allow people to share their thoughts, but we imagined a live audio space to communicate with one other person or small groups," Patterson said. "A space that feels very safe and intimate. We've used the metaphor of a well-hosted dinner party. You don't need to know everyone at the party to have a good time, but everyone should feel comfortable to sit at the table." "Safety is critical and we need to get that right in order for people to leverage live audio spaces, so we're going to launch this first experiment to a very small group of people, who are disproportionately impacted by harm on the platform — women and people from marginalised communities — and the team is interested and the company is interested in hearing first from this group of people on their feedback on audio spaces," she said.

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