When Twitter launched “Fleets,” the social network did not expect to hit a snag like this. The social networking platform launched its disappearing stories, inspired by Instagram and Snapchat, less than a week ago. However, it seems that Fleets’ URLs remain accessible after the 24-hour limit.
According to information revealed by TechCrunch, followed by The Verge on Nov. 22, these messages, which are supposed to be ephemeral, remain somehow visible. A Twitter user even showed that these stories can be downloaded by other users without triggering a notification to the fleet’s author.
A Twitter user exposed this bug on Nov. 21, by simply indicating in a series of tweets how to acc…
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