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• On this day in Mahalo history @gno won the weekend edition of Answer of the Day with the help of @aleghart's answer to why Jason Calacanis is a green belt on Mahalo.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-profile/now-jason-calacanis-has-a-green-belt-why#ae898f2ea0843b5ed948bee5e46c901335a261d45db1c55b4fb51c4e538836f27/

  New on Mahalo was a feature that allowed Twitter users to login to Mahalo using their Twitter login information. http://www.mahalo.com/answers/new-features/new-feature-mahalo-ads-twitter-login-sync-your-account-now/ and @jeffhoard introduced The Great Mahalo Connection to help connect Mahaloians across the web.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-street-team/the-great-mahalo-connection

  @krysstel passed her Black Belt testhttp://www.mahalo.com/answers/black-belt-test/black-belt-test-krysstel while @lilyloretta and @smartweb were upgraded to purple belt.

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