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dil — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:17 -0000

thats right ..

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Guest — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:25:03 -0000

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dil — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:16:50 -0000

nice

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Jo Couchman — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:50:00 -0000

I add a comment to nearly every retweet. Usually a non-jargon translation so my clients and followers will understand it. I wouldn't use it as much if I couldn't do this.

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Stephen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:59:54 -0000

I also think that if you are retweeted, then thanking those who have retweeted you is both common courtesy, and engenders good feeling with others!

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Taran Singh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:45:02 -0000

BTW, Mashable's RTs are growing. :)

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Blackball Online Marketing — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:33:47 -0000

I'm sure I read in the new Terms and conditions that were released 9-10-2009 a tone of copyright problems involving people modifying tweets from companies as RT's. This is the underlying premise behind not allowing a change to the original message. I believe - copyright infringement of corporate users tweets to change the message.

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Casie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:26:55 -0000

I have to say that I don't quite understand what the fuss is about(I'm new so maybe there's more to this that I'm not getting)
If you like the new method which I as a newbie do, use it, if you don't like it or want to comment use the old method. Sounds simple to me

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Kristof — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:24:57 -0000

I think it will be a mistake if the new RT system doesn't allow adding comments. But just like other instances when Twitter changed a process that users didn't like, they found a work-around. Such as adding a period or space in front of a reply so all your followers could see your message.

In this case, people could prepend the message with (via @username). Not an elegant, quick or succinct method, but one way around the limitation Twitter may impose. Or perhaps a new hashtag will emerge like "#RT".

One other thought. Since we don't know the complete story on how this will work, we also don't know of any possible benefits to the new system. We could be surprised.

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Σχολή Χορού — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:23:58 -0000

What will happen if Google will deindex twitter for duplicate content?

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Geertje — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:10:18 -0000

Maybe it's possible to set up a new possibility besides retweet/RT: SORT (Sort Of Re Tweet)

I've used it a couple of times already to make clear I'm not exactly retweeting the post.
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Batty — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:54:57 -0000

I imagine nixing editing of RTs is a way to combat fake RTs such as celebrities supposedly endorsing products.

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Jennifer — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:34:03 -0000

RT comments are an important part of a twitter conversation. When I see RT comments, it makes me want to be part of the convo. It adds to the twitter experience. We will, as we always do, find a way around it. Great post! Thanks for the information.

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Terrelle Pryor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:52:45 -0000

I like the ideal of commenting on retweets although it breaks the general concept of 140 character posts. I don't mind breaking the rules for a really good feature.

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jesseluna — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:35:49 -0000

Commenting on tweets is still going to be important so people will continue to do that one way or another. If tweets were viewed more as "references" then one could include that and comment on it. Right now it would be like doing a regular tweet then including a link to the actual tweet.

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Kris Colvin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:51:01 -0000

This is my worry: that in an effort to workaround the cludgy new system, we will suffer even MORE noise in tweet streams. Not sure if these RT's are going to now be moved into their own section and not in our streams at all, or mixed in as they are now. Maybe this would just result in two RT's in that section.

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Kris Colvin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:39:17 -0000

Dave, I don't know if it's "fishy" exactly, but there HAS to be some underlying reason why Twitter is choosing to implement this totally counter to the way virtually every other Twitter client has implemented the feature. If it were an improvement over all our Twitter clients, I would get it. But it seems to have this limitation that is raising flags and issues even before it's launched, so I wonder what that reason is.

Ben, Pete, do either of you know for sure why Twitter nixed editing the RT? I wonder if it's simply to make the coding easier as they track links?

There are so many valid improvements that could be made, such as making sure the link doesn't get lopped off so the RT is pointless, tracking RT'S (which it seems they will do), adding back the mystery characters that seem to vanish once you simply copy a tweet (right now you get less than 140 & have to edit the tweet), seeing who RT's you most, etc. I want to focus on those things in my own product, with or without the RT api. I am not sure of the consequences of not using the api though - I don't want to take away some function Twitter offers in it if we don't use it. It's a bit of a mess!

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Fun Quotes — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:45:02 -0000

I guess what is going to happen is that new functionality will not allow comments on re-tweets. But you can continue to use RT the way you use now and make comments. It may not include your name in the people who re-tweeted the original tweet though. Or you could post twice - One, using the new feature and second, using RT + your comment. It is extra effort but achieves the purpose.

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teedubya — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:10:02 -0000

a lot of times, I feel like just leaving a comment on their tweet... and the message comes back looking obscure, since there is no continuity with the way Twitter currently does it. Friend Feed has it figured out... unfortunately for twitter... FB owns them.

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Alex Hawkinson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:05:08 -0000

More thoughts on this here - "It's the conversation, stupid" - http://bit.ly/vfE0r. I think Parr and Cashmore have it nailed pretty well.

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Owen — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:55:53 -0000

If you want to make a comment you can do it via the reply function. Lets keep the retweet function short and simple; click a retweet button and it simply retweets (Similar to the retweet button which is available on Twibes).

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Alex Hawkinson — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:39:12 -0000

The ability to comment or add context is critical in my view. While I can see a purpose of a retweet being just a pass along without comments at times, in most cases the power is linking to the original tweet while also adding your own context which makes it applicable to your follower base or adds a tiny bit of your own thinking to the equation. Without that added context, it undermines the ability for the full online conversation to unfold in a strongly linked way.

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Nikolay Kolev — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:25:52 -0000

Will you agree that Yahoo! Meme has done everything the right way already - comments, retweets (reposts), everything in general. Why doesn't Twitter simply duplicate Meme?

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richrecruiter — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:24:48 -0000

Here's a novel idea: tweet something original instead of worrying about whether you can comment on a retweet.