On Twitter’s analyst call today, the company shared its plans on changes coming to the timeline in the near future to help increase user interactions and recommendations on the network. First, the company says it will be adding “while you were away” to the top of the timeline for when you haven’t opened the app for a while. Twitter says it_tested this feature with a select group of users over the last few months and found it to “increase virality.” What’s unclear about this change is how often this feature will appear at the top of your timeline; Twitter didn’t...

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