Twitter's Retweet Rollout
As a serial retweeter, I like Twitter's new approach, which is
basically akin to Facebook's and Friendfeed's "like". Instead of the
well-known "RT" prefacing a retweet, a neat little retweet symbol
takes its place. Plus, the original tweeter who has been retweeted
appears in the Twitterstream, which makes more sense. My favorite
part of this update is the new retweet section, which lists your
tweets that have been retweeted by others, as well as the tweets of
others that you've decided to retweet. There are, of course, many ways to use Twitter. For instance, one of
the ways I like to use it is as a searchable bookmarking service for
anything I find interesting through those I follow, as well as my RSS
feeds (yes, I'm still using my non-real time RSS reader). As such, I
retweet *a lot* probably at a detriment to some who follow me because
I may clog up their streams. But now, there's a way to turn off the
retweets from individual users, which is a very nice touch!
Conversation potential remains, while trimming some of the broadcast
tendencies of some tweeters.
