Comments on: Retweet this post: Why The New Retweet Function Is An Improvement

By: Parry the Hoot

Parry the Hoot — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:33:04 +0000

I hope this discussion is still alive.
I just switched from the “old twitter” 2010 version to the “new version”
and suddenly my stream is filled with stuff from people I did not choose to follow and there is no designation “retweeted by joT” or some such.
How can I stop these extraneous tweets?

By: t.a. barnhart

t.a. barnhart — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:39:18 +0000

using most apps, like Echofon (my current) face, you can do either. i just right- /ctrl-click on the tweet, and i can RT with or without commentary. depends if i want to add my own 2 cents. perhaps if i used the Twitter webpage, i’d feel differently. but i don’t. Echofon makes that silly to consider.

By: oem usb

oem usb — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:15:47 +0000

Calling it something else might have made it seem like a nice addition rather than an annoying replacement!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:18:56 +0000

Regarding your mention of multiple means to retweet, take a look at UberTwitter and other apps that are now supporting both types of retweeting.

By: Elvin

Elvin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:52:42 +0000

I still prefer the old RT methods as I can add my personal comments. I agree that new retweet feature is very convenient for users, but some of the strangers just keep “retweet” anything and it’s really annoying.

By: LisaMarie Dias

LisaMarie Dias — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:48:52 +0000

I love the suggestion that this be called something other than a ‘retweet’ function.

Calling it something else might have made it seem like a nice addition rather than an annoying replacement!

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:36:21 +0000

I find myself retweeting to convey interesting content (forwarding) to my followers or to keep context when I add my own comment to the tweet. Twitter’s retweet supports the former, not the later.
Obviously content is protected and noise reduced but it is less personal.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:02:07 +0000

I don’t really use the RT feature any more than the old way, but the one thing I do not like is that I still see strange RTs from people I don’t subscribe to, when I have double and triple checked everyone I follow to make sure I don’t have it set that way. I still see these in my timeline a few times a week.

Except for it not being 100% compliant for me, I don’t really mind the new feature – I actually like the flexibility if offers.

By: Pat Steer (Gaelen)

Pat Steer (Gaelen) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:46:14 +0000

I don’t *hate* the new RT feature – but I don’t use it very much. I far prefer the original method of RT’ing, where I can add to the conversation – and there are precious few tweets I feel like just sharing. It does also take some time to get used to seeing unknown avatars in my tweet stream, and have to read the fine print to figure out which person I follow is responsible for the tweet (and the person to whom I’m most likely respond.)
I have discovered a few new people – but I’d probably have discovered them by following their username in the old-style RT, too, so that ‘benefit’ is a wash.
As for RT stats…those stats are only relevant for people who are actually using the new feature. Since *most* of the people I follow are RT’ing the old way, they don’t show up in my stats nor do I in theirs.
It’s only a benefit if the community as a whole adopts it.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:26:39 +0000

As you know, I hate it, but that’s just my opinion.

It’s one more step on Tweet Deck that I have to go through to RT, and it’s still hard for me to figure out where the Tweet is coming from.

You make some good points though, and I can’t argue that.