Twitter removing the #dickbar from the iPhone app

Significant benefits like increasing the adoption rate for third-party twitter clients, perhaps.

"Evidence of the incredibly high usage metrics for the QuickBar support this."

I tapped it once by accident while trying to swipe to see if I could delete it.

If twitter want to turn a spammy feature into a useful one, they need to start asking users about their interests, or else attempt to determine them algorithmically.

I can't remember any features that were tested publicly and weren't kept. Can anyone help me out here?