Jan
27
The blogger’s sidekick site: Twitter now has a feature where you can “retweet” a tweet.
For those of you somewhat lost on what Twitter is, it is a social networking site where you state (in 140 characters or less) what you are doing. Making this service a “mini-blog” from a social networking aspect.
Retweeting is when a Twitter user forwards one of their follower’s tweets and publishes it on their feed. An example of this is below:
RT: @KevnBriggs It's definitely cold outside
This method also gives credit to the Twitter user that originally made the Tweet that you are broadcasting.
I just learned about this method a little while ago, and thought I would share it with you.
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Please do continue to share as much as possible about Twitter. As I’ve said before — I’m late to arrive to the phenomenon and am gathering as much advice and info as I can from trusted sources before I devote the time to the exercise.
Where is this retweet feature located on the Twitter site?
Hi Corvida.
Retweeting does not really have a ‘physical feature’ on the site, but it is just something you can do when typing a tweet.
Retweeting is a great way for a new user to break into twitter and gain followers.
Okay so let me see if i have this and correct me if i’m wrong. Lets say your username is Chad and mine is Jacques. You send me a tweet, i take that tweet and update it on my tweets saying Chad @ Jacques – Bla bla bla. Is that correct?
The way you would retweet is…
RT: @Chad blah blah blah (or whatever I had on my Twitter feed for that tweet)
I hope this helps?
Nice info, thanks for sharing that
Still not on Twitter yet, there’s a lot of hype about it. It was on Radio 1 this morning, they kept going on about it! Cant escape twitter, so I might have to join!
Hmm thanks, I guess now twitter can be used for viral marketing as well.
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retweeting is a great way for things to go viral on twitter because if everyone retweets it goes to everyone’s own friends list.
So, what’s precisely the benefits of retweeting somebody’s tweet?