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Twitter Displays Its Value With Instant Timeline for New Users
By Vindu Goel, The New York Times, February 15, 2015
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The instant timeline entered public testing last week, and I had the chance to try it.
While the feature doesn’t solve all of Twitter’s interface problems, there is no question that it’s a huge improvement to the sign-up process. Setting up an account is quick and nearly painless, and you are then plunged into Twitter’s information stream.
The first part of the sign-up process is unchanged. After you pick a user name and password, Twitter asks for access to your smartphone’s contact list. Once you grant that access, the service scans it for people with Twitter accounts and suggests them as people to follow.
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