Twitter's Algorithmic Timeline Is Working

Drew Angerer / Getty Images There's a subtle change happening on Twitter that&039;s so nondescript it&039;s easy to miss. But it&039;s helping the company in a very noticeable way.For the past year, Twitter has moved away (slightly) from the orthodox adherence to reverse-chronological order that once defined its stream. It’s…

Vine’s Demise Confirms Twitter’s Role As The World’s Biggest News Service

On Thursday morning, Twitter announced it is closing down Vine, the company’s beloved six-second video app and stand-alone social network it purchased in 2012 for $30 million. Across the internet, the shuttering feels momentous — the end of yet another vibrant and truly weird pocket of the web. On Twitter,…