Remember we predicted 5 possible Facebook features that we might see in the future? Now one of them has become a reality. Facebook has launched its retweet-like feature to all 350 million users for testing. Upon clicking the 'share' button, the familiar conversation box would pop up with a little more information than it usually gives: "via |a link to the originator|". See the screenshot below. This may not be a drastic change as compared to user tagging, but this feature certainly gives credit to the originator of the post. Would this ...
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Dec 5 2009
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New Retweet Feature Gets No Love From Twitter CoFounder
For those of you who are not too impressed with the new retweet feature, you are not alone. In fact, Twitter Co-Founder, Jack is not using it too. When asked, Jack said that the new feature does not fit how he retweets yet. I like how he used the word "yet" because while I agree that it kind of sucks, I believe Twitter would improve on it and hopefully perfect it in the near future. Obviously, this led to quite a number of retweets (probably not via the new retweet feature) and some ...
Sep 19 2009
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Twitter Releases Project Retweet Sneak Peek!
We have been waiting for more than a month ever since Twitter announced Project Retweet. From Biz Stone's sketch, mock up and most recently, a sneak peek release, Twitter's new retweet platform has changed tremendously in terms of its appearance. Biz Stone's Sketch Announcement Mock Up Recent Released Sneak Peek According to the announcement, Twitter Retweet API is currently nearing its launch. Since some tweeps are assigned to test out this new feature, you may even catch some retweet features popping up on your page!
Aug 28 2009
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Project Retweet: Full News Coverage
For the early adopters, they would probably remember how it was like before @replies was conceived. There wasn’t a proper way to reply to “what you are doing” tweets. Twitter expected you to tell people what you just ate for brunch without wanting a response. But the tweeple wanted more interaction and started putting an “@” in front of the username they were responding to, followed by the message. Just when Twitter has integrated @replies into the Twittersphere, another convention came up: Retweeting. Third party apps started supporting the retweeting feature quite ...
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6 Types of Tweets That Get Retweeted
Have you ever posted tweets and wondered why they were not retweeted? Well, wonder no more now that you are here. Get your tweets noticed by knowing how to draw retweets (RTs). 1. Quotes My favorite way to get RTs is to post quotes from famous people such as Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, and other self-help gurus. These tweets are without a doubt the easiest to come up with and at the same time viral because they are likely to be appreciated. This is how I do it: "If you don't set goals for yourself, ...
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