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Justin Bieber Fans Strike Back At Twitter, Reclaim Trending Topics Spot

Justin Bieber Fans Strike Back At Twitter, Reclaim Trending Topics Spot

Tween heart-throb Justin Bieber is the center of attention on Twitter again, after a very brief exile. Last night, Mashable reported that Twitter had updated its "trending topics" algorithm to highlight topics that were actually trending, rather than just consistently popular. The most visible, and widely discussed, impact of this change was that Justin Bieber -- a permanent fixture in the trending topics -- disappeared.

 

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