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Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

morb01 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:29:35 -0000

funny as hell I might just have to RT that

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Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

Lea — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:56:11 -0000

I enjoy TweetDeck, which not only makes it possible to RT tweets in real time, but I'm also able to see all friends tweets, replies to me and my direct messages in real time. Your Twitter ID and Pass is required with TweetDeck too, but I haven't encountered any problems from that and many people use this app.

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menuiserie lannion — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:30:56 -0000

Same problem, I don't really want to use my passwords on another website.

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mashable — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:33:23 -0000

Felicia,

We're not really using it...we tried something similar ("quick RT" links) on a few tweets the last few days, but I'm not a huge fan. Might use it very selectively going forward, but generally people seem to retweet on their own if they find something interesting.

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James — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:29:44 -0000

Except that when I click in the username and password fields, I can't enter my information. The text "username" and "password" is static. No work on Firefox 2.0 on Ubuntu 7.10?

Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

Ben Parr — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:35:44 -0000

Felicia, we like to try out everything. But your opinion is duly noted.

I think the last time I saw you was...the New Media Expo in Las Vegas. That was back when I first started for Mashable. So, what's up in 140 characters or less?

Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

Gail Gardner — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:42:49 -0000

The Tweet I originally received from @BenParr had two links in it and neither one worked. Perhaps they're still working out the bugs. I know some hate RT, but I see retweeting the best Tweets of others as a service to both those who shared them and those who benefit from seeing them. Since research shows that the average Tweet only lasts five minutes at Twitter and seeing duplicates is pretty unlikely I don't understand why some dislike them so much.

Haven't you ever seen a RT that you WERE interested in or that led to quality content that benefits you?

Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

netlatch — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:47:40 -0000

As a follow up here is the link to this post I just tweeted to Twittter using Krumlr. http://krumlr.com/3c3bxg

Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

netlatch — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:44:32 -0000

I would like to mention that Krumlr ( http://krumlr.com ) already does something like this. When you click on a link that a Krumlr user posts to Twitter, anyone can RT the page using the small header opened at the top of the window. A shortened retweetable URL is created and the original tweets username and comment are populated in the input box. You don't have to be a Krumlr member to do this either. Simply input your Twitter username and password and click retweet. (Krumlr doesn't save this info). Krumlr makes its easy for its users to post tweets about any page in this retweetable fashion with an easy to use toolbar link.

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harold — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:58:43 -0000

I just tried it out. The link works as explained and is dead simple.

Additionally, if you are already logged in to twitter( in your browser) it's even a much nicer experience.

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richrecruiter — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:45:35 -0000

Great, another way for me to easily recognize retweets and ignore them.

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Zohaib Usman — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:46:19 -0000

so the science of retweet is very simple now

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Zackatoustra — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:15:29 -0000

I've tried retweeting this post
As you said, Ben, there are pros and cons:
Pros:
1.the RT is pretty : "Ben Parr just wrote this". That is cool.
Cons:
1.The functionnality should be integrated into the twitter clients.
I, for instance, rarely use the twitter website. I don't know what are the stats about twitter clients usage, but,
2.You need to provide you twitter password: ok, that will probably be fixed by integrating some sort of paired authentication between the two applications
3. That makes "chain retweeting" easy. We don't have this plegue on twitter. Really, do we want to give not-smart-twitter-users the power of recreating this on twitter?

Hum.
Not sure I'll use this service.
Sorry.
(Ok, I'll give it a try, though)

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ReTweet — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:42:54 -0000

I like it.... but I don't like giving out passwords to third party sites

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plerudulier — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:40:49 -0000

I use Tweetree that, unlike the genuine Twitter website, allows retwitt(er?)ing. This said I don't see the point of using yet another website for only this purpose; like someone already commented here it looks like the perfect tool for chain letter, enough noise on Twitter already.

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ElbertF — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:57:29 -0000

Great idea. Funny how this got launched shortly after I launched http://plzRT.me which does pretty much the same thing. What is it they say, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?

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BillsTweets — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:57:08 -0000

They got the idea from http://TweetSmarter.com/ only it's not as useful as that interface is.

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Daniel Brusilovsky — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:44:35 -0000

I love how it makes it so simple to retweet.

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Kevin Lawver — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:38:41 -0000

If by "cornerstone" you mean "annoying thing that people do" then yes. Begging for retweets is the twitter equivalent of the chain letter. The only reason the pleas don't have "forward this to ten people or you'll catch airborne herpes" is because that won't fit in 140 characters. If it's good stuff, people will pass it on. You don't need to beg.

Re: Please Retweet Me Makes Retweeting Dead Simple

Robert Drugal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:23:07 -0000

Holy crap. I just tried it - this is so simple.

I'm a little scared this is too easy for the scobles of the world - we'll be getting these all over the place now.