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dppallus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:18:35 -0000

Nice move forward. Makes it easier to evaluate promotions!

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Calum Brannan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:30:38 -0000

A natural progression..

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mybrutegame — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:28:10 -0000

Awesome! Can't wait till they add it.

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lopi — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:20:05 -0000

The mini avatars are totally not needed and look like clutter. Also, if the whole thing sounds so confusing to me, imagine what it will look like for the newbie twitterers. Simplify it.

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rodrigopill — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:47:55 -0000

I like it!

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Guest — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:43:02 -0000

I don't like it. I don't like the way multiple retweets only appear once. I don't like the way you can't add commentary before the retweet. I don't like the way the retweeter is credited at the end, not the beginning.

As an example, if someone's in a particular mood, you can see that in a series of tweets they post. If one of them includes a retweet, under the old system it would blend smoothly. Under the new system it will look be embroidered with a different personality: that of the original tweeter. Different avatar, different username, no commentary. And if you've already seen that tweet retweeted, you won't see it at all. It makes Twitter far less personal.

That, and it's not as simple as the old method.

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Rob Quigley — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:13:34 -0000

In theory, I agree with this: "Retweeted tweets should jump at the top of the timeline everytime retweeted by a follower." But, if Twitter is planning on having a RT tab then I think this functionality of jumping to the top is how it should work on that tab.

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kept — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:09:56 -0000

It's weird because RTs will look like Trending Topics in a different way. And besides one important part of RT is to add value, commenting or sharing your thought about it. Will RTs become unpersonal?

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Rob Quigley — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:53:34 -0000

I like the RT changes Twitter has proposed. They are paving the way for a "what's most popular" by people you follow and that adds value for me. If you want to retweet with comment then copy and past the content again and add a comment. If Twitter wanted to support and tailor this functionality they might incorporate as part of a simple "quote" button feature to support the old school way of "commenting" on a tweet and not consider it a part of the new RT functionality. This allows for a quick comment on a tweet and the ability for that comment to show up as new on a follower's timeline. Also, please allow for the ability to hide the small RT avatars that appear below the tweet. This should be done in a user's settings if the RT avatars are going to be present across all Twitter pages. The avatars are going to be considered as bloat by many users. Use a link to toggle show/hide the avatars if set to hidden in a user's setting. Additionally, the RT avatar might be visually similar to a "Reply" where two avatars are juxtaposed to each other to indicate a relationship - maybe one on top of the other in this case (one on top is original tweeter and the one on bottom is the first retweeter by the follower.

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naturedog — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:48:40 -0000

I did not understand a bit of that. but thanks for explainin' anyway.

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mayhemstidios — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:10:53 -0000

Retweet is the power of Twitter. This is just scerwing it up

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disqus_Z4glQYSthS — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:16:47 -0000

Test

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bunnyhero — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:19:42 -0000

if i understand correctly, this makes it quite clear who the original tweeter was. in the screenshot above, SarahKSilverman is the original tweeter. all the little icons below show the retweeters. what i might find confusing is that her tweet shows up in my timeline like that even if i'm not following her. i have to look at the row of icons to figure out which of my friends retweeted it.

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Bryan Andrews — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:33:15 -0000

Looks good, I'll use that one a lot

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Ken Seto — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:16:09 -0000

Retweets allow people to share tweets with others but more importantly, adding commentary to the retweet adds to the conversation which is the whole point of Twitter no?

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Angelo — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:06:28 -0000

Looks cool

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TheMileHighFan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:52:32 -0000

Terrible. Just adds more 'bloat' to an already fragile system. Twitter seems (and many comments support) to have missed the boat badly. I see this 'feature' driving many users away from the basic Twitter interface.

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Will Francis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:00:11 -0000

*prays that Twitter stays simple and doesn't mess it up with layers of crap like Facebook*

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DiscoveredArtists — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:58:20 -0000

I love it. Can't wait for it to be unveiled.

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itscameronwood — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:13:14 -0000

I just wanted a little button on the side of the tweet that says RT and I just click that and then it posts it "RT @blahblahblah......".

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patrickkeenan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:54:02 -0000

Good concept, if its in the API then someone outside of twitter can make it look better. Just provide the functionality!

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Srini — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:54:04 -0000

From what it looks like, I think it will be like the 'Like' feature in friendfeed. You like somebody's tweet, you click on the retweet button, and it appears in your followers timeline, credited to the original tweeter along with a note that you retweeted it. I hope there will be a way to add your own comment, even if it's not to be, nobody's going to prevent us from using the old RT method.... we can use the best of both worlds. Looking forward to the feature.

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redwall_hp — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:31:19 -0000

Yep. I like the concept. (It should certainly increase retweets of posts that are already near the 140-char limit, and the timeline will be cleaner as a result of not seeing the same retweet twelve times over.) However, the mini avatars under the retweets add far too much clutter to the stream. (And think of all the extra HTTP requests!) I liked the original concept art better.

Also, there *needs* to be a way to provide your own commentary.

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Name — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:46:49 -0000

I think it looks good, does anyone know when they're planning on going live with this?

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Andrea Mirone — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:52:12 -0000

Don't like retweet as a separate stream. Why should they be put apart? I want tweets from people I'm following all in a place, and as far as I know people I follow and no others I like to see first who did the retweet then who was the original author. And I want the ability to add comment. The only good thing of this implementation is it shows how much a tweet is retweeted
Having a built in retweet is not a bad idea, but should grant:
- "Priority to the retweeter"
- Ability to add comment (it would be good to put added text in italic, or something else to distinguish from original)
- Grouping of retweets in order not to have retweeted tweet appear more then once in the timeline. Retweeted tweets should jump at the top of the timeline everytime retweeted by a follower (or go up a place everytime retweeted, or I don't know, the idea is they should be stay longer in the timeline than other less retweeted tweets).