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1. Thousands of users of Twitter worldwide report issues on using the platform including the inability to view new posts on their main timelines.
   2023-03-01 19:20:40 (First version)
2. Thousands of users of Twitter worldwide report issues on using the social media platform including the inability to view new posts on their main timelines.
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