Twitter Ditches the Dickbar

[JMcEntegart]

Twitter users active enough to have the official Twitter app on their iPhone will have noticed a new feature in the app over the last few weeks: a bar across the top of your stream of tweets that displays both advertisements and trending topics.

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[wiyosaya]

Now only if TV execs would find a way to perform such an experiment on "snipes," that would almost certainly put an end to those, too.

 

[pocketdrummer]

I'm not sure if it was said enough in this article, but...

"Dickbar"

 

[seabreeze]

Hmm... DickBar? Is that like a Mars bar?

 

[sceen311]

as Doug added, "We believe there are still significant benefits to increasing awareness of what’s happening outside the home timeline."

yeah, like $.$

 

[mayankleoboy1]

ditch twitter

 

[SteelCity1981]

Dickbar? Sounds like something a woman would buy at a sex store. lol

 

[Guest]

Hey those aren't almonds!

 

[bender3000]

[citation][nom]mayankleoboy1[/nom]ditch twitter[/citation]

+1

 

[robochump]

Is it short for Richard Bar?

 

[virtualban]

[citation][nom]sceen311[/nom]as Doug added, "We believe there are still significant benefits to increasing awareness of what’s happening outside the home timeline."

yeah, like $.$[/citation]
You said it! Thank you!

If they were really concerned about the user experience instead of the $.$ they would let it optional, so users who actually don't want to give a beep to what happens outside the home timeline are left at their blissful ignorance.
But user choice is bad for business.