RT: Twitter releases retweet beta feature

“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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View Comments to “RT: Twitter releases retweet beta feature”

  1. Hicham Maged Says: November 13th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    This is a nice feature for the web-interface from Twitter! Thanks for sharing the information with us :)

  2. islamcrunch Says: November 17th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Thanks for your comment and thanks for reading. And thanks again for adding me to your Twitter list: http://twitter.com/HichamMG/twitterville. Follow Hicham here: http://twitter.com/HichamMG

  3. islamcrunch Says: November 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Thanks for your comment and thanks for reading. And thanks again for adding me to your Twitter list: http://twitter.com/HichamMG/twitterville. Follow Hicham here: http://twitter.com/HichamMG

  4. La Révolution Says: November 18th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Implémentation native des ReTweet sur Twitter…

    ShareEnfin! Twitter implémente nativement le système des ReTweets. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas les ReTweet, c’est une technique répandue sur le site de microbloggage consistant à souligner un Tweet intéressant d’un autre utilisateur en…

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