Comments on: Is Twitter opening a can of worms with the RT change? http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/ Another blog on digital PR, marketing, tech, social media & stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Wildfire PR – Business and Consumer Technology Public Relations : Blog Archive : The perfect retweetable tweet http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Wildfire PR – Business and Consumer Technology Public Relations : Blog Archive : The perfect retweetable tweet Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:05:31 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=407#comment-639 [...] Twitter has recently revamped the way that retweets work, but despite this, the power of the RT still remains. So what makes a perfect retweetable tweet? [...] [...] Twitter has recently revamped the way that retweets work, but despite this, the power of the RT still remains. So what makes a perfect retweetable tweet? [...]

]]> By: Is the retweet dead? Using the ‘favourite tag’ — Danny Whatmough.com http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Is the retweet dead? Using the ‘favourite tag’ — Danny Whatmough.com Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:39:41 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=407#comment-634 [...] week I wrote about Twitter’s controversial changes to native retweet functionality. And, today, I’m [...] [...] week I wrote about Twitter’s controversial changes to native retweet functionality. And, today, I’m [...]

]]> By: Danny Whatmough http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Danny Whatmough Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:52:49 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=407#comment-677 Good points Dan. I guess the game changer would be if the various desktop clients started to adopt Twitter's new RT method, rather than the older, more adhoc one... Good points Dan. I guess the game changer would be if the various desktop clients started to adopt Twitter's new RT method, rather than the older, more adhoc one…

]]> By: Danny Whatmough http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Danny Whatmough Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=407#comment-633 Good points Dan. I guess the game changer would be if the various desktop clients started to adopt Twitter's new RT method, rather than the older, more adhoc one... Good points Dan. I guess the game changer would be if the various desktop clients started to adopt Twitter's new RT method, rather than the older, more adhoc one…

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]]> By: Dan http://www.dannywhatmough.com/2009/11/11/is-twitter-opening-a-can-of-worms-with-the-rt-change/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Dan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:06 +0000 http://www.dannywhatmough.com/?p=407#comment-632 Looking down my Twitter feed, most of the people I am following post from either TweetDeck or Tweetie. Both already have a Retweet or “Repost Tweet” button, so I don’t think this new feature on Twitter’s home page will be a big game changer, since people aren't posting from the Twitter site anyway.<br><br>Twitter has rules against reposting others' content without attribution<br><a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/16205" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries...</a> so they probably couldn’t have a function that would allow it.<br><br>I can’t imagine any backlash, not because it will fly under the radar, but because with new features like this, lists and the ‘new Tweet’ notification, I think Twitter is catching up with the services that desktop clients offer to improve our Twitter experience. <br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dan Looking down my Twitter feed, most of the people I am following post from either TweetDeck or Tweetie. Both already have a Retweet or “Repost Tweet” button, so I don’t think this new feature on Twitter’s home page will be a big game changer, since people aren't posting from the Twitter site anyway.

Twitter has rules against reposting others' content without attribution
http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries... so they probably couldn’t have a function that would allow it.

I can’t imagine any backlash, not because it will fly under the radar, but because with new features like this, lists and the ‘new Tweet’ notification, I think Twitter is catching up with the services that desktop clients offer to improve our Twitter experience.

Cheers,

Dan

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