04-11-2015 11:24 via theguardian.com

Hearts attack: is Twitter trying to kill its users? | Dean Burnett

Twitter recently introduced ‘hearts’ and ‘likes’ instead of stars and favourites. Is this seemingly-innocuous change part of an ongoing attempt to wipe out the more dedicated users?Enthusiastic Twitter users are currently reeling from a huge shift in the way the omnipresent social network functions. The owners and operators of Twitter have introduced a virtual-world altering shift, on a par with the collapse of the Roman Empire in ancient times, or the first demonstration
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