“What is RT?” is a common question asked by friends and family who have not seen the social media light. RT = retweet. Retweet = reposting a tweet (Twitter message) you found on Twitter.

Recently, Twitter released a new beta feature for retweeting from their web interface. Initially, retweeting had to be done manually. Adding the “RT” then copying the username (not forgetting the @ symbol) and then copying the tweet. Soon after, third party applications like CoTweet and HootSuite integrated the retweet feature into their platforms.

Interestingly, one of our lesser known Twitter accounts (@sumikael) was selected for the beta feature.

Here are the screenshots of the retweet feature.

Twitter Retweet beta message

Retweet feature on the web interface

Retweet icon, post-RT

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