If you've been looking forward to Fleeting, you won't be happy to hear that Twitter is slowing down its launch. Users across the platform have been experiencing issues with Fleets, causing Twitter to pause the rollout of its new Story-like feature.

Fleets Are Off to a Rocky Start

Twitter has finally launched Fleets after months of testing, and users are already experiencing issues with it.

Fleets are a temporary form of Tweeting, and closely resemble the Story feature on platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. Fleets appear at the top of your timeline, where users can share "fleeting" thoughts that only stay on Twitter for 24 hours.

Soon after Twitter started rolling out Fleets, it became the center of controversy on the platform. Many users simply don't like the idea of yet another Story-like feature.

Twitter even acknowledged users' complaints in a snarky Tweet, reading, "some of you hating...but we see you Fleeting."

Besides the fact that some users just don't like the idea of Fleeting, many more have been experiencing technical issues with it. When trying to interact with the feature, some users' apps lag, freeze, and in some cases, crash completely.

Due to these issues, Twitter has decided to pull back on its launch of Fleets. Twitter Support sent out a Tweet, noting that the platform is "slowing down the rollout of Fleets to fix some performance and stability problems."

In other words, you might not see Fleets on your Twitter timeline for a little while longer. Twitter has to take "a few more days" to iron out the feature, and it will, hopefully, make a smoother transition onto the platform then.

The Problem With Fleets

Ironically, users' biggest complaint about Fleets actually has nothing to do with Fleets at all. It has to do with a feature that Twitter doesn't even have: an edit button. Twitter users are still looking for a way to edit Tweets, a complaint that the platform has blatantly ignored for years.

No one really asked for Fleets, so it's unclear as to why Twitter decided to implement this feature. The fact that Twitter has taken the time to roll out an unwanted feature means that users' opinions continue to go unheard. If Twitter wants to win users back, it needs to nail the implementation of Fleets (or just add an edit button).

Fleeting really has nothing going for it; not only is the feature plagued with technical problems, but it's not even unique. As of right now, there's really nothing that makes Fleets more attractive than Stories on Snapchat and Instagram.