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The Daily Free Press

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Twitter will be implementing a new algorithm that prioritizes certain content to the top of feeds in an effort to highlight important information for users. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

#RIPTwitter sparks debate over site’s new algorithm

Preston Park February 11, 2016

BuzzFeed News spurred an impassioned Twitter storm Friday when it reported that Twitter would change its algorithm as early as this week. The report prompted a flood of tweets containing #RIPTwitter,...

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