Twitter's new experiment makes it look a little more like Facebook

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Your Twitter timeline may soon bear a greater resemblance to your Facebook news feed.

Twitter is trying out a new look for summary cards -- that is, tweeted links on Twitter.com -- and the experiment looks a little familiar.

"We're experimenting with summary cards in the timeline to make cards more visually appealing, media-forward and give users more information about the content in a glance," a Twitter spokesperson told Mashable.

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Meanwhile, here's how summary cards on the desktop currently look to the rest of us:

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There are visual differences, but the general format -- a photo with a box of text -- is similar to Facebook's status updates.

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Twitter has been testing out different looks for tweets for some time. It's part of a larger effort to make the service more visually appealing, making little tweaks like adding photo previews on timelines or simplifying the way users tweet with comments.

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