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wniizzati — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:15 -0000

i had been using this feature on my Twitter
also wrote a post about this feature.

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devorahf — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:07:52 -0000

I like to know that it's an RT before I read the post so the retweet below sounds annoying. I guess in good news it saves room for the post. I will probably still retweet via my Greasemonkey script where I can write my own commentary as well.
By having this reading order messed up, how will it affect those reading with screen readers?

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David Banes — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:24:58 -0000

Isn't this going to break services that proxy Twitter for generic clients?

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Police Notes — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:58:40 -0000

Yes I usually retweet with my own comment if possible. Sometimes I will tastefully shorten the original tweet to get my comment in.

www.policenotes.com

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Geoserv — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:36:47 -0000

I can't wait for this to be implemented, I have always wondered why they didn't do it sooner.

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Alessandra Colaci — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:22:39 -0000

I don't get why it is taking out the RT part. If you see it in your stream and don't look at the bottom part of the tweet for details (which most people don't pay attention to), then you don't know it is a retweet. This does 2 things: 1- Doesn't give the original tweeter as much credit, and people might think it is an original tweet of the retweeter instead. 2- Takes away from the "viral" element of retweeting. Valuable links/tweets get retweeted. And seeing something retweeting gives it a bit of extra credibility.

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Alessandra Colaci — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:57 -0000

I think that is actually the PowerTwitter plugin, not bit.ly. Because I have it too with PowerTwitter.

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efelippe — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:54:11 -0000

Yep, I do that too!

I would like when it become implemented to allow me to edit or add comments to RT before submit it to all my followers.

If that doesn't happen, probably I'll use the old method of reTwitting (copy&paste the tweet, insert "RT @mention:", then type my comment) when I want to add comments...

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Chris — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:55:44 -0000

It was inevitable, but ultimately pointless. If you use twitter properly then it'll save you a few seconds a week. The major benefit is for twitter "spammers" who think twittering means retweeting everything they read rather than think up their own content (or can bothered re-wording the original tweet into something more personal)

The one thing I do like is adding RT's to the search API, so it'll be a lot easier to find out who's retweeting you.

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ALLthingsPORN — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:01:54 -0000

All too often when I go 2 reTweet, it makes the tweet TOO LONG 2 keep the LINK intact. So I wind up having 2 shorten the original message a bit 2 make sure others can still utilize the LINK!
I hope Twitter designs their reTweet function 2 let us still keep the WHOLE LINK intact!

- @ALLthingsPORN

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DD — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:07:56 -0000

If there's a way to add commentary/blurbs then this is a huge plus ... if not then by adding one feature they've sacrificed another. I like having control over my tweets, whether they are tweets or RTs. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving that they are supporting retweeting and I really believe they are embracing user input all in all ... but please leave us a choice, Twitter.

Only one other upside I see here is no room for error ... as far as quoting something wrong in a RT.

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Tweeminence — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:44:35 -0000

I like the fact that this should make the flow of information a bit more efficient. However, it would be nice if there were a way to maintain the ability to add your own text to a RT

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fwisp.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:39:16 -0000

Its about time this happen. BTW they should allow a comment on the RT

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Renee — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:49:50 -0000

I kind of like it---now retweeting someone with a long username won't force you to cut down what they had to say to make it fit.

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Gsp — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:35:34 -0000

CrystalsQuest makes an excellent suggestion - lets hope Evan & his team are thinking along the same lines, or of something even cleverer.

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CrystalsQuest — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:13:25 -0000

Not sure how they'll handle the timing. If I retweet something 12hrs after, currently the rt shows up with the time I sent it as a status of it's own. Using this, it looks as though it'll just constantly refresh the original, begging the question of whether a popular tweet will perpetually hog the top of a timeline, or get buried back where it was originally sent (eliminating the point of retweeting to a new audience in a different timezone).
I think just adding the function as a template (like reply) but using the existing conventions, and creating retweets as independent status updates with links back to the original, would make a lot more sense - especially if the RT@username no longer counts in the 140char, like your username doesn't shorten the original tweet. Why reinvent the wheel?

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Sara Asche Anderson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:01:59 -0000

Dang, you're right. I disabled it and it was gone. Here I thought I was cool or something.

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Loren — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:39:25 -0000

Yes! I was wondering the same thing... will we still be able to comment on a RT if we use this method?

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@VeryShortStory — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:35:43 -0000

I hope this means that you will be able to retweet messages that are already 140 characters.

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DJ Wait — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:33:50 -0000

I agree with Ryan. The retweets need comments.

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richrecruiter — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:32:39 -0000

Fantastic. I'll finally be able to turn retweets OFF.

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Ryan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:27:10 -0000

If you cant add your own text along with a RT then this is a fail. I would say 95% of my RT's I add my own blurb to.

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Scott Duehlmeier — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:26:41 -0000

It is about time...that is the main reason I rarely logged onto the website...ReTweeting was a pain in the arse.

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jef — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:20:08 -0000

Uh.. It looks like bit.ly's Firefox plug-in thing.

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Sara Asche Anderson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:11:15 -0000

I've actually had a "RT" function on the Twitter web site for quite some time. It's obviously a test b/c it doesn't look great (or anything like the above). You can see screen shots of what this function looks like to me here: http://twitpic.com/ds8nl and here: http://twitpic.com/ds8qj

I first noticed this on May 9th: http://twitter.com/sjaa/sta...