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I agree - friends is totally the wrong term here. It implies a bi-directional relationship (like the ones founds in social networks, e.g., Facebook). What we really mean here are the people one follows on Twitter. So, in a way, it is what you think it is - a summary of one's home timeline.

If you have a better suggestion to replace "friends" with, we'll totally take it. I mean, "people you follow on Twitter" would also work, but feels a little verbose, IMO.

P.S. Good point about checking the Twitter guidelines - we'll have a look and make sure to comply. To be fair, though, none of the competing services (including, Mailbrew, the leading one), actually do that either.



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