In February, Twitter hinted at the idea that it might alter users’ home feeds in a fundamental way, and the Internet reacted. #RIPtwitter was trending as users let Twitter know they wouldn’t welcome the change. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to Twitter to allay people’s concerns, saying that Twitter never intended to make any changes to people’s timelines that week. Four days later, Twitter did make some changes to the timeline, but they weren’t as significant as first expected. So what exactly happened? What Did Twitter Plan to Do? Buzzfeed broke the news that Twitter was going to change how tweets are displayed in…
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