Comments on: Seventeen things that people are actually saying when they retweet others

By: Twitted by Qubits_Toy

Twitted by Qubits_Toy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:54:47 +0000

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By: phpworker

phpworker — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:23:00 +0000

8 is funny :D Cheers!

By: Twitted by WaldinhoReturns

Twitted by WaldinhoReturns — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:03:55 +0000

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By: iGaze

iGaze — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:04:38 +0000

I like retwitting mostly on techno related things.

By: ayana

ayana — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:48:42 +0000

Like Adrian, I definitely RT between accounts. I tend to tweet mostly design related comments in my personal account. I then RT them to my business account. I do also RT others’ relevant tweets generally for your reasons: 3, 4, 5, 7, and 14.

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:36:52 +0000

If I (re)tweeted this post, it would totally be a #1.

By: Dominique

Dominique — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:27:35 +0000

I write a regional (Midwest U.S.) travel blog, so I often RT when I see something about an interesting destination in the region–something I’ve done in the past and enjoyed, or something that sounds like I’d enjoy doing sometime.
RT can help me establish new story sources or meet folks I might be able to ask a question of later if I need info or a source in their particular area.

By: Sumit

Sumit — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:44:59 +0000

“Passing on the pointer rather than the value.”

By: Carl Morris

Carl Morris — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:40:06 +0000

Here’s another.

“Ignore this if you saw it already. But it is good.”

It’s not always an intentional message from the retweeter. But sometimes it is.

It’s perhaps a consequence of favourites not being given much attention by most clients; the lack of a public “like” akin to FriendFeed’s.

By: joshuaahatfield

joshuaahatfield — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:22:58 +0000

I’m going to get on Twitter and post the following.

“RT: CHECK OUT THIS TWITTER ARTICLE. IT’S ABOUT TWITTER. OMG I’M TALKING ABOUT TWITTER ON #twitter, PS: #swineflu #cnn #obama #topuser #OMG”

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:57:22 +0000

One thing I’ve noticed is some people will RT insults and criticism from their detractors. Celebrities seem to do this frequently, and I’m torn about how to think about it. At first glance, my thought is- That’s cool. They’re saying ‘Hey, guys- I’m not perfect. I’ve got haters just like everyone else.’ But, then I’ve seen it turn into a follower-led attack on the person and can’t help but wonder about the original intent of the RT. Was it really ‘Hey, look at what this person said about me. Go, get ‘em, guys!’

By: Craig Danuloff

Craig Danuloff — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:41:50 +0000

You forgot to mention the DeTweet – the twitter way to disagree: http://www.clickequations.com/blog/2009/02/introducing-the-detweet/

By: Twitted by Sznq

Twitted by Sznq — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:12:09 +0000

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By: jcg

jcg — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:10:10 +0000

“Someone said i could get something free (or get a chance to win something) by RT-ing, so here’s your twitter-spam” – i’m not necessarily ragging on the twitter spammers since i’ll do it if it’s something i want …

By: Aryan

Aryan — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:59:46 +0000

im yet to know all the ways of the twitterati but how about this -
“i scratch your back, you scratch mine” or “im just returning a favor” :p

i haven’t done that but have got feelers enough to know that this exists, especially as an extension of “I belong to or want to belong to a particular club, so I will try to get more followers for my club-mate and hope she does the same for me”