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Twitter Ends Suggested Users List

Townhall Staff | November 17, 2009 9:54 AM

The list hooked up new Twitter users with celebrity users as a kind of introduction to the program -- but favored Democrats over Republicans. That gave the donkeys an unfair advantage, with Democratic gubernatorial candidates being suggested to new users but Republican candidates remaining unknown.

Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, decided to end the service altogether rather than accommodate Republicans.