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Twitter said Wednesday that it’s planning to shut down fleets, a way for users to share texts, photos and video that disappear in 24 hours, because the tool isn’t as widely used as the company hoped. 

Fleets will no longer be available starting Aug. 3, Twitter said in a blog post. The move shows that Twitter is moving away from ephemeral content that rose in popularity after the arrival of Snapchat, followed by Facebook-owned Instagram introducing Stories in its apps.