It was an attempt to cover all bases. Not everyone might click on the link, and the graphic version was intended to catch the eye as people scroll by.
The version on the site will remain after our 15 minutes in the social media universe is over.
I was also having problems somewhere in the pipeline last night. The entire staff shares the twitter account via tweetdeck, and the damn thing kept counting hashtags toward the word count. Never had that problem before.