Twitter’s central Moments tab, which once terrorized obsessive-compulsive users with a blue dot that never went away, is going away. The company said today that the tab, which highlights collections of notable tweets curated by Twitter editors, would be replaced by a new tab called Explore. Moments will still be featured in the new tab, but they’ll be de-emphasized in favor of trending topics and search. Explore was first spotted in testing in October.

Explore brings together trends, Moments, and search in a manner that closely resembles Instagram’s Explore tab. (As on Instagram, it is represented by a magnifying glass icon.) It can also display newsworthy live videos at the top of the feed. Previously, Twitter search had its own button…

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