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In the old days (when dinosaurs walked the Earth), you would release an application and stay on the "What's New" page for at least a day or two. If you released an application before the weekend, there was a chance that your application would stay there until Monday. There are so many applications being released now that you probably would not stay there for even one full day.
 
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