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After days of waiting in excruciating silence while I waited for the new Twitter format to roll-out, the waiting has ended today! The new format may be old news for some Twitterati but for me… well it’s like a new toy.

The format is certainly welcome and needed; countless dashboard applications have penetrated the social media scene promising to keep your timelines, trending topics and shared links cohesive and clean and all on one easy to manage page. I have been using HootSuite for several months now, having made the switch from Tweetdeck since it just wasn’t aesthetically pleasing to me.

Looks like Twitter has woken up and smelled the proverbial bacon. It’s a smart move in another way; by keeping the Twitterati glued to the actual site, API hits will hit a new low, thereby lessening the dreaded ‘Fail Whale‘…it’s a WIN/WIN situation!

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