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Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

John McClain — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:22 -0000

I dig this idea. It's about time! The list feature was really cool but this feature is really, really cool. Can't wait to populate my RT's

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adamsonx — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:37 -0000

It's more like taking a wheel and making it into a pentagon that doesn't function because it 'looks better'.

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Stone — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:02:10 -0000

Wow! I guess I'll live with whatever Twitter team comes up with. Its not really that complicated though to do a retweet or find the main string. Still...I don't think I'll mind. Prob won't make much of a difference to me. We'll just have to wait and see.

www.Twitter.com/TweetwithStone

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

singlepayercentral — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:50:45 -0000

I don't get what the problem is really and how it was determined that something was terribly wrong. Frankly, I don't get why users can't eliminate the RT letters with the traditional " symbols & is therefore more universally understood (and more internationally friendly).

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singlepayercentral — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:27 -0000

Uhm -was the new idea user tested or is this a big experiment with Twitter users being the user testing base?

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XanxiuZ — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:52:49 -0000

You're kidding, right? Have you even read any of the above 25,000 comments where people ARE expressing their opinions about this impending change?

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

Tucker — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:23:27 -0000

Project Retweet is the most important thing Twitter will have done in a long time. I believe the service is going to explode because "sharing" things that we like will actually be tracked through different levels of people. Tumblr has done this for a long time with "reblogging." It just hasn't hit the mainstream status Twitter has yet.

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

pseula — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:12:08 -0000

I thought this looked great! ...right up until the part about no commenting. I rarely RT without a comment...so I would probably not use the new system, but continue using the old syntax.

Once commenting is available, I'll be all over it. Good luck, Twitter admin!

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

Lisa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:48:55 -0000

I have been a twitter user for about 3 months now - I started out casually and never had a problem figuring it out. Removing the RT comment option seems counter productive since the ability to design our own RTs and adding our own comments is a big piece of the twitter experience. Many company's IT groups like to put people in neat little boxes to support them easier, and make new functionality or restrictions for a certain user set, but that's usually a mistake by not to seeing the bigger picture of the users that have been there all along. You may want to review and re-evaluate at least that option before removing. Thank you!

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

DrSophi — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:01:57 -0000

I think this is a step backwards. No doubt. I've been involved with enough software to know a deal is signed with the devil when changes are implemented to ease the way for new users. While they quickly become old users - we're all still working under new user limitations. You're throwing features out to ease the way for uniform limitations based on newuser understanding. In addition - most Twitter apps can't maintain the avatars we have now. How are they going to handle that mess of avatars in the proposal?

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

BrendaYoung — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:03:42 -0000

I will probably use this new feature if I do not have comments but, use the old format if I have a comment. One of the reasons for the confusion is that when trying to retweet the original post is too long & needs to be rephrased, especially if you want to add a small comment.

I suppose if you agree with the original post you can leave the original post as is. Sometimes your comment is relevant to the meaning you want to ascribe to the post or the link. This new format does not help.

Also, I like to give credit to the original poster but I also like to add some value to the people who follow me. It's not all about making the original poster more popular. Much of the value of Twitter is in sharing and learning. Thus, the comments to the original post are very important.

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

One-in-Herself — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:55:23 -0000

I love the fact that Twitter is going to incorporate retweeting into the site. What I hate the most about the current system is that it's hard or impossible to retweet someone who has used up all 140 characters, because there's no way of fitting in the "RT @username" or "via @username," and sometimes it's hard to shorten up what they have tweeted. Although, I do hope they later incorporate commenting into the retweeting system. The only problem I think I have with this whole new retweeting system is that it might complicate Twitter. The reason Twitter is my favorite social networking site is because it's so simple. I don't want to Twitter to become just another social networking site like Facebook and MySpace.

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

Daina Thomas — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:57:14 -0000

Hope so ..

Best,
Daina

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Ghada Lancer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:55:06 -0000

I'm following up the news of Twitter 'ReTweet' project on Mashable and totally agree with you, it will make tweeting 'cleaner' but also want to find someway to make a comment.

I loved Yahoo Meme for that ...I can find the original source, the number of 'RePosts', add comments & find the whole conversation in one place :D

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LaKarune — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:22:59 -0000

But...how do U know U won't be able to comment? Any screen shots of the actual Retweet form? Or did they tell you this in a conversation? I'd expect to see the full text of the Retweet under the 2nd two tabs of the Retweet screen above....

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Web Design and IT Consultant — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:59:38 -0000

Agree with you there Sheamus. The system is so messy in fact that I struggle to see how business can make any real use of it in terms of clear communication. Most of what appears in my twitter is unintelligible.

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Susan Field — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:18:37 -0000

I'm a big fan of retweeting. I think it's a matter of respect and acknowledges the tweet. I also feel it brings more comaraderie with tweetville. Everyne loves to be quoted/retweeded. Accolades Twitter.

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app — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:41:43 -0000

And the introduction of a flood of avatars from people you are not subscribed to into your stream will just make the ads they plan on pushing just that much easier to "accept", subconsciously, by first being desensitized by the new RTs. Quite clever of Twitter, if you ask me.

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Social Mix — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:47:53 -0000

Its not a case of re-inventing the wheel ... its about making it better.

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praxis22 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:15:51 -0000

I doubt it's turning people off twitter, it's an informal system, whether it's "officially supported" or not won't make much difference I reckon. Could be interesting, but I'd like the ability to turn it off if it uses too much screen real estate.

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@philipargy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:44:21 -0000

Retweets would be tweeter if the 140 char limit were increased by the length of the retweet prefix - that way you can retweet without compromising the integrity of the original by having to truncate or paraphrase it

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iTbay — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:38:48 -0000

Rt - nice post Ben...... Must get new users for it to become more dyanmic and innovative.....facebook is on a tear!!! The tweet lanuage needs a changing I agree but commenting is VERY important but may invert the meaning of a tweet at times

Re: Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better

Matthew — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:03:27 -0000

To ME it looks good. Simplifies, and unifies. I never comment on RT's anyway.
But I CAN see what some people are annoyed with.

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HealthySuccessTips — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:59:17 -0000

I think Twitter taking control of the whole retweet thing is for the most part a good ideal. Any opinions?

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kathyswanson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:33:02 -0000

Easy and quick adoption is with any tool so while adding comments is important to many of us, if the standard retweet option helps adoption and usability, I'm all for it.