A traditional retweet, as defined by Ray Beckerman, is where a tweeter manually types “RT @username” and does not use Twitter’s retweet function. Beckerman, who is a lawyer in New York City, outlines 13 reasons why users should opt for the manual retweet opposed to Twitter’s. Here are just a few:
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- (Twitter’s retweet) prevents you from seeing multiple versions with different comments from different people.
- If someone retweets you, it is difficult for you to learn that they did, if you are using the “new twitter”; you have to go to the list of retweets > those retweeting your tweets > retweeted post, then hover your cursor in upper right hand corner to get arrow to appear, then click arrow to find out who retweeted; i.e., you would have to conduct an elaborate investigation, one that you will rarely if ever undertake.
- If you retweet someone, they will never learn that you did, if they are using the “new twitter”, unless they go through the same investigative process on their internet interface home page that you have to go through to find out if you’ve been retweeted; i.e, they will never learn that you did.