Comments on: ReTweet Etiquette

By: Retweet Etiquette | teekay.me

Retweet Etiquette | teekay.me — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:01:34 +0000

[...] like we need to set down some rules, fellow tweeters. It’s been discussed before, but let’s expand given how the world has changed, native retweet has been introduced, and [...]

By: oferte

oferte — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:22:29 +0000

valuable post…

You got a really great blog I have been here reading for about half an hour. I am a newbie and your post is valuable for me….

By: Bill Nigh

Bill Nigh — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:19:00 +0000

You want the word “whose”, not “who’s”

By: 20 Smart Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Art Website | Artsy Shark

20 Smart Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Art Website | Artsy Shark — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:02:34 +0000

[...] Want to spread your tweets? Simple. Send out a tweet and mention “Please retweet”. Find out more on the science of Retweets from Dan Zarrella. [...]

By: Tweet and ReTweet : Ft. Hard Knox

Tweet and ReTweet : Ft. Hard Knox — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:23:30 +0000

[...] Zarella explains the finer points of ReTweet Etiquette here, inclujding who and how to properly give credit, and how to preserve the original meaning of tweets [...]

By: ianbrodie

ianbrodie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:37:06 +0000

Stacy,

You can use http://www.retweetrank.com to see how many times you're retweeted.

Ian

By: ianbrodie

ianbrodie — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:37:06 +0000

Stacy,

You can use http://www.retweetrank.com to see how many times you're retweeted.

Ian

By: shalinibahl

shalinibahl — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:12:33 +0000

I too use twitter to update fb and always put the RT @ at the end so it reads better on fb and I think it is ok to do that – we are still acknowledging the person and it reads better.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000

I guess it all comes down to the application you are using to view your twitter feed. I use Tweetie for Mac and if someone @ replies me… I can “see” the conversation they are reply-ing to even if it is several hours later. This is one of the reasons I swapped to tweetie.

Tho' I see your point. I have a have someone on my twitter that does this.. it's interesting as it allows me to “see” the conversation he is having as such too… not just “his” half of the conversation.

By: z00m3r

z00m3r — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:47 +0000

Great article! But can you point out a larger version of your pic “etiquette.jpg” from this page — the fancy table setting/chart? thnx

By: Top 10 Twitter Tips for Getting a Jump on the Madness… | The Legal Hokey-Pokey

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:18:55 +0000

[...] for RTing their tweets. This is a great way to increase your social profile. (Found this Re-tweet Etiquette very [...]

By: Jeff Mitchell

Jeff Mitchell — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:14:58 +0000

Ok, I have a question along these lines that has bothered me for awhile.

I visit Slashdot, and have for a long time. I don't follow them on twitter as /. is my homepage anyway, and I have specific content filters set up on their site.

slashdot has a twitter account and some sort of auto tweeting going though.

Often when I want to point friends at an article through twitter I want to point them straight to the main article of interest that slashdot may have linked to in their post.

What's the etiquette here? Can I just tweet and point to the main article slashdot linked to (like a NY time article for example).

Do I have to point to the slashdot page first?
Do I credit slashdot?

My approach so far has been to tweet my comment, a link straight to article, and give a nod to slashdot using 'via @slashdot'.

opinions?

By: Calvin

Calvin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:22:25 +0000

Thank you for this! I now know that I’ve been retweeting the wrong way but now I know what to do!

By: Terence Eden

Terence Eden — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:45:37 +0000

Another factor to consider is how many of your followers will have seen the original tweet? If all your friends follow @edent (me!) – is it worth your retweeting?

That’s why I created this quick little site to tell you how many of your followers you’ll annoy with each retweet.
http://shkspr.mobi/twitter/retweet.php

By: 3ring

3ring — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:51:58 +0000

Hey Dan,
Thanks for this… but one last question (or two): Is it polite to thank others for retweeting your original post? And if so, how?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:17:04 +0000

Does anyone know a tool that quantifies the number of RTs your profile has generated? TIA.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:08 +0000

Today, I tweeted a big item of interest. Someone DMd someone about it and THEY tweeted it. I HATE STUFF LIKE THIS!!!! And, through Twitter Serach you can ascertain the culprits. Seriously. This is so inconsiderate.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:27:37 +0000

Edward Lewis has an interesting take on ReTweets in his Twitter Retweets – RT @ Rules of Engagement post. I like his idea of “front-loading” the Tweet and keeping the RT @ credit(s) at the end.

I do this also when I’m replying to multiple Twitter users so the “meat” of the Tweet will be right at the beginning. This works especially well now that Twitter has improved their @Replies tab functionality. Makes for cleaner-looking posts.

By: Rachel Soma

Rachel Soma — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:50:38 +0000

@CathyWebSavvyPR many people choose to not see @replies directed to people they are not following – That’s why the convention of ‘RT: @user original message and #hash’ is better – it reaches the maximum number of people

By: Jason Jardine

Jason Jardine — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:32:45 +0000

Re Rule 6.

I’d like to talk about the use of hashtags within a re-tweet. While I can see the point of them to an extent, in some ways they serve only to irritate. Let me explain by way of example ….

I, like many on Twitter, am currently following the exploits of @Twitchhiker as he tries to travel the world using nothing but assistance from his fellow twitterers.

As part of his journey, he updates his blog and asks for more help, and regularly requests re-tweets. Even when he doesn’t ask for re-tweets, people are in the habit of re-tweeting, no doubt to be helpful in spreading the word. I’m not against this per se. However, this can occur multiple times per day.

His last such twitter was as follows ….

“Please RT: New blog post Day 4 / 5 – into Germany http://bit.ly/ahAwZ (apologies – little bit rushed) #twitchhiker”

All well and good, and as expected a number of his followers then re-tweet the message thus …

“RT @twitchhiker: Please RT: New blog post Day 4 / 5 – into Germany http://bit.ly/ahAwZ (apologies – little bit rushed) #twitchhiker”

The trouble with this (imho) is that if you’re following #twitchhiker, you get inundated with dozens if not potentially hundreds of re-tweets of a message you’ve already read. The point of a re-tweet is to bring the post to more people’s attention, so why re-tweet it back to the very people who were reading it in the first place ?

Of course anyone interesting in following the twitchhiker will, upon reading the above, simply go to his page and follow him. Those so inclined will quickly realise it’s been hashtagged, and do a search view instead, but the RT doesn’t need both bits of info.Obviously the @ should be there to credit the original tweet as per your rules, and inclusion of that tag will allow anybody to find twitchhiker, read about his exploits, find his blog and see that he’s also a hashtag.

And so, in conclusion, I suggest that if the requester of the re-tweet is also the subject of a hashtag, then including the hashtag is not only surplus to requirements, but actually borders on spamming. To that end, the hashtag should NOT be included.