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The star is dead — long live hearts. Today, Twitter is removing the star indicating you’ve favorited something and is replacing it with a heart, which means you like it. Hearts replacing stars will affect both Twitter and Vine (though Vine actually has smileys instead of stars). It was previously in testing, though many never thought Twitter would actually pull the trigger and kill stars. According to Twitter, the change was made because the star was “confusing” to newcomers. A heart is more familiar, and has similar meanings across various cultures and languages. This change was also sparked by Periscope…

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