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By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:30:50 +0000

I prefer this format:

The Default Twitter Avatar…Remixed. http://tnw.to/4AcR (by @Zee):: RT @thenextweb /via @personifollow

With the option to remove the text “by” and “/via” if space demands.

I prefer vertical line “|” to “::”, but with my phone its a hassle.

By: Eric Miltsch

Eric Miltsch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:49 +0000

Alex,

As social search continues it’s rise to fame, the RT will become even more valuable than just an ego-stroker. RT’s by other influential, contextual profiles may be a boon to one’s cause…

RE: Your condensed version of the RT above, I believe it may be a Twitter TOS violation to NOT provide credit when credit is due. (but don’t quote me on that – its late and I’m not into fact checking now)

Lastly, you’re a smart dude who seems to have a day’s worth of meaningful activities – I can’t help but think your position on the whole RT issue is nothing more than antagonistic in nature…

Either way – interesting discussion & one that I haven’t seen until now.

Keep the good stuff coming.

By: Why The RT @ Needs To Stay As Is – Pages Are Social

Why The RT @ Needs To Stay As Is – Pages Are Social — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:13:54 +0000

[...] feed. Thanks for visiting!Alex Wilhelm, writer for TheNextWeb and a good friend of mine, recently http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/08/drop-rt/ to drop the RT @username when distributing other peoples Tweets to your own Twitter followers. I [...]

By: Björn Alberts

Björn Alberts — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:07:41 +0000

Hi Alex,
funny to be an example at your blog even though you used my tweet to show how you would like tweets not to be. ;-)

Anyway, must admit I have not followed the discussion in all comments but my opinion is:

From one perspective I get your point. The information would be more easy for you to get. More straight to the core. Understandable in this context overloaded with information.

On the other hand, I think you’re wrong beacuse social media is about giving and geting. Give some and you’ll get something back directly or indirect.

“Sharing is caring” and that also counts for sharing the star from whom you got the info in the 1st place. That small tweet is an information piece that is unique at that time at that moment. I think it would be unfair to derive the honour to my list of who I follow.

Best

/ Björn
Ps. I tweet in Swedish in 99,9 % of the tweets. Do you understand Swedish? Ds

By: invisibleplot

invisibleplot — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:32:57 +0000

I agree that the “RT @ RT @ .. message..link” is terrible – I go with the “via @” at the end of the link. If there are so many people that I can’t RT I will drop down to the original person. I do believe in giving credit though and will continue to do so.

The new Twitter method IS terrible though – there are often times (daily) where the whole point of the RT is to comment on the content.

For example, if someone were to post a link to a book burning event – my reason to RT would be to comment and let my friends know 1) that it’s happening and 2) what I think about it. If all I could do was blindly RT and someone stops by to check out my stream and sees it, they have no reference from me so.. Why did I post that? Am I PRO-book burning? Am I encouraging them to attend and bring some Vonnegut for the fire?

It’s asinine and goes against the free exchange of info that made me love Twitter in the first place. As someone commented earlier, RTing was created by the community (wisdom of the crowd) and how(ever) people use it is best – Twitter should have thought it through more thoroughly before they made such a restrictive and unpopular change.

By: verybrave

verybrave — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:07:36 +0000

i read somewhere that the new retweet won’t let u add a comment to the RT. is that true? i wish you could add a comment in another color so it would be clear that it’s not part of the RT. anyway, i do agree with you 4 links but not 4 text (quotes).

By: dj adelaide

dj adelaide — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:11:35 +0000

i like seeing the RT @, it’s one of the reasons why i like twitter, the viral nature of it means that a message can spread and be traced back to you and therefore might get you a few more followers who otherwise wouldn’t know about you

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:50:27 +0000

Hi Alex, I think you’re blowing this out of proportion which is why some of the early commenters (I admit I didn’t scroll all the way down) are arguing with you.

If I saw Bjorn’s retweeting madness come through my stream and I wanted to share it on, I’d write this:

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Did you know you don’t have to click reload to see new tweets? Details: http://bit.ly/noreload – by @thenextweb

By: Kelley Mitchell

Kelley Mitchell — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:49:51 +0000

I don’t mind the retweet lingo. It’s the hashtags that annoy me. They aren’t really meant for humans to read anyway.

I do however appreciate your point and will try and keep it in mind, but for now I’m hitting the retweet button at the top of your post.