Twitter Scraps iPhone App "DickBar"


At last Twitter has admitted defeat and is scrapping the bloody awful DickBar on its official iPhone app.

It introduced what it called the "QuickBar" that obliterated the top of the main timeline screen with "trending topics" that turned out to be mostly sponsored Tweets.

And getting adverts thrust in their faces, not surprisingly, angered users who dubbed it the DickBar.

In its official blog, Twitter says it will now climbdown:


Despite the "usage meterics", let's hope it's gone forever. 

Update: The updated app is now live in the Apple App Store

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