Twitter’s New Article Preview Cards Could Be a Boost for Publishers

Here's another one for the Twitter-is-becoming-Facebook files: some article previews to external sites have started auto-expanding in your timeline on Android and iOS devices. As you browse your feed, you'll notice that tweets from some publishers now include a large image and some introductory text along with links to the full article. The expanded links, which were first spotted by BuzzFeed, continue the company's path toward making its timeline visually richer — or simply busier, depending on your tolerance for autoplay video and looping GIFs.