Twitter experienced a serious bug tonight — one that had users logging in and sending updates as other people. It wasn't hacked, as some suggested. Cofounder Biz Stone initially described the problem as a "timeline oddity," and then fessed up: He'd rolled out an update to the microblogging service that didn't work. What I'd like to know: Does it really matter? This sounds way more fun than regular Twitter.

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