What is it with all the social networking sites rolling out big changes all at once?? First Facebook changed their user’s News Feed, and now Twitter has changed the way we Retweet (RT) our friend’s updates.
If you’re using a third party app, like twhirl or TweetDeck, you’ll continue to retweet the way you always have.(at least for now)
Retweeting directly from Twitter.com has changed. The RT button is at the bottom right of the post, and when you click it, it shows a pop-up asking if you’d like to RT to your followers.
The big change? You may notice some people in your stream that you don’t follow. These tweets are actually retweets, but it’s no longer obvious who retweeted the item. Instead, it’s showing the original author’s avatar, with a tiny retweet icon beside it. Then under the post, where it tells you how long ago an item was tweeted, you can see the name of the person who thought you’d like to see this tweet.
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To me, it’s been a little confusing. I liked being able to see my friend’s avatar, as I’m much more likely to stop and read a tweet from someone I really like than from someone who’s name and picture I’ve never seen.
Another thing that bugs me is that Twitter.com is no longer using the RT@YourName format, so when a person RT’s one of my tweets via the new retweet system, I don’t get notified.
What do y’all think of the new system? Take the poll and let me know in the comments!
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