Twitter wants to be your go-to platform for news and trends. A report by BuzzFeed details the upcoming Project Lightning, a hub that will curate Tweets on the platform centered around events, news and trends. It’s not just a side-feature either; Twitter hopes Lightning will change the way people think about its social network. On the mobile app, a lightning icon will show up front-and-center on the home row. Click on it, and you’re taken to a screen listing the curated events. This time around however, it’s not an algorithm doing the heavy lifting. Twitter’s put together a team of…
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