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Twitter removing the #dickbar from the iPhone app

20 points| spaetzel | 15 years ago |blog.twitter.com | reply

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[+] modernerd|15 years ago|reply
"We believe there are still significant benefits to increasing awareness of what’s happening outside the home timeline."

Significant benefits like increasing the adoption rate for third-party twitter clients, perhaps.

"Evidence of the incredibly high usage metrics for the QuickBar support this."

I tapped it once by accident while trying to swipe to see if I could delete it.

If twitter want to turn a spammy feature into a useful one, they need to start asking users about their interests, or else attempt to determine them algorithmically.

[+] justinxreese|15 years ago|reply
"we will frequently experiment by trying new things, adding new features"

I can't remember any features that were tested publicly and weren't kept. Can anyone help me out here?

[+] remi|15 years ago|reply
I don't know if one can count the IM client as a tested-then-removed feature. It was shut down for "maintenance" or something and never brought back to life…