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I've tried a lot of different apps to manage Twitter on my phone (I use Hootsuite on my laptop), but I think the official Twitter app is really good.

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Susan Orlean
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
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Cleveland
Ohio
Really
Twitter
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