It meant the most popular retweet of 2016 was a Trump retweet.
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But the responses to Twitter's new retweet and quote retweet function have been particularly interesting.
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It's a retweet from you, which is a retweet from the John Oliver show about Donald Trump.
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Every retweet, even if it's a retweet in order to condemn, it still is furthering a particular message.
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Trump often retweets himself while the White House may retweet him; Conway may retweet Fox News; and many media outlets often retweet their own tweets, which scatters more news about Trump's administration on their readers' timelines.
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Viewed through the lens of his previous actions and statements -- for example, his acknowledgment that "you know, I retweet, I retweet for a reason" -- his Sunday retweet reads like this: the President thinks violence against women is funny.
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To make this possible, Twitter will enable the Retweet button on your own tweets, so you can easily retweet or quote tweets.
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"The retweet — which is what it was, just a retweet — was from somebody that's a very respected conservative pundit," Trump told reporters afterward.
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Trump never reversed his retweet containing the unsubstantiated name of the whistleblower, and the retweet is still officially part of his Twitter timeline.
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They even light up now if you retweet something good and other people on your timeline like and retweet it, for an extra unearned reward.
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The retweet, there's very little I can say aside for the fact that I respect her tweet or retweet or comment on whatever she wants.
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Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald said that he won't retweet like crazy, but decided that he will retweet every time a player tweets their commitment to the school.
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Adding media to a retweet works just like you'd expect: tap the "retweet with comment" option and then choose the image or GIF icon in the toolbar.
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They saw these pictures of two migrant, I suppose, children in cages and because one of them tweeted it must be true and so they just retweet and retweet.
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" - Tamika, 24 "Retweet replied every damn Trump tweet.
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Wendy's replied to Wilkerson with the 18 million retweet stipulation—a nearly impossible feat, considering Wilkerson would need 0003% of the Twitter user base to retweet him, according to CNBC.
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And, perhaps most importantly, the difference between a retweet, which reposts someone else's tweet, and a quote tweet, which allows a user to retweet with a comment above the original.
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Colbert did wind up getting one right, "RT" – retweet!
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I didn't go out and — I did a retweet.
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Twitter announced the change Tuesday (by retweeting this tweet, announcing the retweet feature, from 214.) Previously, you could only retweet tweets sent by other accounts, which helped give rise to the tweetstorm.
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Male journalists on Twitter interact almost exclusively with other men — almost 92 percent of their replies are to other men, and they retweet men three times as often as they retweet women.
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I'm blocking your filthy ass if retweet that perverted shit.
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The bots never retweet or mention any other Twitter user.
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We aren't relaying president's retweet, as the info is unconfirmed.
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After doing some investigation, we know that Kanye can retweet.
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Neither did an early attempt at remaking the retweet icon.
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"It was an honest mistake," Kelly said of the retweet.
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Side note: You may want to delete a retweet too.
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Miller Rogen echoed the sentiment, adding "#BetterLookingUs" in a retweet.
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But we'll still share and reply and retweet and joke.
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The next second he'll retweet Bark Box or Cute Emergency.
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"It was a retweet," Mr. Trump said the next day.
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Additionally, you'll be able to retweet and quote tweet yourself.
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INGRAHAM: I learned about this because I saw your retweet.
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Today is the only day you can retweet this pic.twitter.
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But this is more about who Trump chose to retweet.
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He went on to retweet an article about his comments.
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So before you retweet, ask yourself a few questions: 1.
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These amplifiers didn't simply retweet news stories and spam links.
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Before you like or retweet think: Who else is affected?
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Sir, can I get a retweet for my uncle Col.
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Users then would only be able to retweet the clarification.
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When someone says something better than you could, retweet them.
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The timing of the post -- and the retweet -- is unclear.
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Dorsey also recently expressed his misgivings about the retweet button.
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The tweet got a meager one like and one retweet.
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I will retweet the group photo w/ a better caption !
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You would be amazed at the ones I don't retweet.
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Seeing visuals not just having people retweet it or be angry.
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You retweet somebody and they turn out to be white supremacists.
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Flynn said the retweet was an accident and deleted the message.
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The "retweet" which helps tweets go viral was a user invention.
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She leans into conflict and she's quick with a quote retweet.
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Indie singer Halsey promised $1 to the organization for every retweet.
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Clustered together are people who constantly tweet and retweet each other.
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A retweet of a conspiracy theory about Russian opposition politician Navalny.
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But if the retweet numbers are low, sharing will increase again.
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"The biggest problem is the quote retweet," Goldman told BuzzFeed News.
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The more fringe the original tweeter, the more valuable the retweet.
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President Trump's latest retweet has social media users scratching their heads.
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These people were quick to retweet and impervious to debunking information.
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Tell us using the hashtag #LSSC and we'll retweet the best!
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The agency labeled each tweet calm, agitated, prepared or a retweet.
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Yes. Will I retweet those when they make us look good?
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"Please bee advised ..." it wrote, in its retweet of Clinton's post.
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Retweet this if you're from Maine (or even if you're not).
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Retweet or quote tweet it later so it reaches more eyeballs.
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See the whole absurd exchange below — and retweet if you can.
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For example, in June it started to let users retweet themselves.
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Doughty said he finds it "extraordinary" that Trump would retweet her.
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I thought you only knew how to use the retweet button.
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"I've watched you retweet racist images," the post read in part.
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You'll also now be able to retweet and quote tweet yourself.
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He would reliably retweet every tweet about a Triple S restock.
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There was no Instagram or Twitter, no "like" function or retweet.
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Steve Scalise defended the retweet in an interview with Fox News.
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We retweet whatever we agree with; we block whoever we don't.
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We amicably continue to retweet each other from time to time.
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The department also deleted the Gorka retweet, seemingly acknowledging the error.
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The post included the #NBAvote hashtage and implored fans to retweet.
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Rowling's tweets also prompted a now-deleted retweet from Chelsea Clinton.
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All they had to do to get it was retweet him.
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Just before the retweet, Trump wrote "#StandForOurAnthem" from his own account.
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Ms. Duca hit the retweet button and returned to the stage.
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Omar told POLITICO she's "still getting threats" because of Trump's retweet.
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Someone else criticized the president for not yet condemning the gathering. Retweet!
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He hasn't said so on Twitter, but did retweet his brother's post.
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We don't just retweet anything that we don't know to be true.
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Users must tap on each reply to see like and retweet figures.
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In June, Twitter conveniently gave us all the ability to retweet ourselves.
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The tweets include "Retweet if you hate Muslims," and other offensive material.
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You can do this by finding the tweet and clicking 'retweet' again.
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"If I retweet the New York Times, they don't care," Dash said.
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In 2016, Trump has continued to retweet others' Nazi emblems and messages.
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So I get why it was a careless, dumb thing to retweet.
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I would love it so much if you would retweet it please!
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If he told Donald Trump to retweet this, there's a real problem.
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As a result, Twitter said users tended to tweet and retweet more.
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If you're a Twitter user, you can now retweet your own tweets.
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Some, like Snapchat and Square, will retweet or respond to the haters.
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They do not like his tweets, and they do not retweet them.
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"I am mortified that you would retweet this, @RealDonaldTrump," one user wrote.
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Not to mention he then proceeded to retweet his own incorrect tweet.
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Over the weekend, there was the retweet with the Star of David.
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Think of it like a quote retweet, albeit one that's permanently attached.
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" Brzezinski agreed with her co-host, calling Trump's retweet on Sunday "abominable.
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Like you wouldn't be able to retweet the original tweet, for instance.
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The tweetstorms get longer and longer, and then you retweet yourself, periodically.
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Retweet if you think we are sweet one#retreat #rhony girls pic.twitter.
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The first is the ability to disable a retweet on your tweet.
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Then mash on the retweet button to broadcast your supposedly clever jape.
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I looked him in the eye & said I "hope" you retweet this.
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A retweet from New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez changed things dramatically.
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The retweet was criticized by some in part because of its timing.
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Fans began to retweet her message, echoing her sentiment to delete Snapchat.
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"If somehow you pass me Carter, I will come to your house, I will take that TV back, I will take the underwear back and do more," she joked, encouraging all those who retweet Wilkerson to retweet her too.
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The Man Who Built The Retweet: "We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds" Alex Kantrowitz had a great story while I was on break about the man who led development of Twitter's native retweet feature having regrets.
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It's impossible to do a background check on every single person you retweet.
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In fact, you must communicate, voice your opinion, like, share, retweet, join in.
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The National Park Service tweeted on Saturday, saying it regretted the "mistaken" retweet.
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"Nothing makes me angrier," she added to a retweet of her husband's message.
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Enjoy — and maybe retweet a decade-old tweet or two while you're there.
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Come and join #BAFTABLACKOUT on Sunday 14th Feb 4pm #OscarsSoWhite #retweet #share pic.twitter.
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The big picture: The retweet comes days after Omar and fellow freshman Rep.
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Jones can't tweet, retweet or like content, but can still browse the site.
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Please retweet and tag him so he can see them ♥️😄 pic.twitter.
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He would also retweet people who suggested "Hitler did nothing wrong," Gizmodo noted.
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Coincidentally, memes are fun to make and fun to double-tap and retweet.
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Auxiliary accounts were configured to retweet content pushed out by the main accounts.
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In the meantime, we have this retweet from DuVernay, quoting the late author.
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It's hard to choose what to retweet with a big social media following.
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Then a retweet of a supporter predicting a "landslide" re-election in 2020.
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One commenter simply included the hashtag "#ImWithJK" with their retweet of the author.
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With Twitter, users will be able to see tweets, favorite tweets, and retweet.
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On the campaign, Trump would often retweet and engage with supporters on Twitter.
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"He told reporters at Morristown Airport in New Jersey: "That was a retweet.
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Like the retweet button, and many other Silicon Valley "innovations," it's existed before.
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"Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video," Sen.
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You can also confront them and retweet with a comment to your followers.
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For that matter, you don't even need to tweet; you can just retweet.
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The retweet troubled Travis Akers, a US Navy veteran and gun control activist.
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" And everyone's slamming that retweet button and being like "Yeah, you know it!
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We retweet without a second thought, spreading outrage and misinformation at warp speed.
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Chris Christie agreed, calling Kerry's comment "ridiculous" in a retweet of McCain's post.
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Please retweet if you think this hate should be taken down & banned. pic.twitter.
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Features that mimic the retweet button have existed on message boards for decades; to claim the retweet is the source of Twitter's problems, some genius and powerful weapon, both overstates Wetherell's importance and distracts from larger, systemic problem at tech companies.
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Despite having a niche user base, attention detail has been paid here – Chirp even lets you customize the Watch app's user interface by toggling on or off various elements like Images, the Retweet Counter, Like Counter, Retweet & Like Buttons, and Timestamps.
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"I personally believe their retweet of Gorka was poor judgement; however, my primary concern is that a government agency would block a US citizen for questioning their retweet of a person like Gorka," he told The Verge over Twitter direct message.
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And then people like the Trump campaign would pick it up and retweet it.
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It came out of a radio show, and other places…This was a retweet.
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She had a few U.S. senators contemplating whether or not to retweet her comments.
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The biggest thing I was missing was seeing six digits by the retweet icon.
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The world can be a beautiful place, and we should all retweet the evidence.
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Retweet and Like counters update in real time, letting you watch tweets go viral.
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The retweet and share, in other words, incentivize extreme, polarizing, and outrage-inducing content.
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Additional changes include the ability to retweet and quote-tweet a person's own posts.
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Twitter Should Kill the Retweet Taylor Lorenz says Twitter should get rid of retweets.
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And probably an untold number of whatever the Canadian equivalent of a retweet is.
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This wasn't a retweet, but instead was a link to a story on Breitbart.
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Sometimes celebrities are used as paid influencers to retweet material pushed through their account.
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You can retweet, you can repost, and distribute very quickly on a social platform.
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President Trump took to Twitter Sunday morning to discuss North Korea and retweet memes.
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I trust that the world will amplify and retweet and have conversations where appropriate.
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Or maybe they just understand that folks in the west rabidly retweet J.K. Rowling?
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Her latest retweet is of a photo of Swift from her "Blank Space" video.
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Sometimes I retweet things and take it down, because I fear it's too graphic.
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Retweet with photos, a GIF, or a video to really make your reaction pop.
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Now you can easily Retweet or Quote Tweet yourself with just a few taps.
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The bar did keep up a retweet commending its choice to remove the drink.
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It was not immediately clear why Trump decided to retweet the videos on Wednesday.
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To click the "angry" icon on Facebook or retweet in outrage can be useful.
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He'll cheerfully retweet critics, and asks awkward questions while still managing to be agreeable.
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Though Carter has yet to comment on the news, he did retweet ET's announcement.
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It happened around the time Vine introduced the revine feature, basically like the retweet.
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Twitter explodes with photos of Trump in robes -- and countless reporters gleefully retweet them.
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I ended up postponing family plans that day to retweet and keep it going.
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Twitter already lets people share a tweet with more context through its retweet feature.
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He said he hoped she would retweet the messages to her 8.4 million followers.
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It promises 100 of those who retweet it a share of a $923,000 prize.
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Some do respond to citizen comments but critics complain most just retweet government statements.
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"If the partner posts content on Twitter, comment on that tweet or retweet it."
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"Yet another #Trumpertantrum," Cruz (@tedcruz) wrote in a retweet of one of Trump's posts.
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"(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video)" Schatz tweeted.
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It was his 2120th sports-related tweet or retweet in a 216-hour period.
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He cannot tweet or retweet new messages, follow new users or like other posts.
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Another retweet, this time Manafort cited Trump communications strategist Jason Miller on July 27.
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The upshot: Trump never reversed his retweet containing the unsubstantiated name of the whistleblower.
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"It would be a fitting tribute to John McCain," Flake wrote in his retweet.
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You had said publicly you thought the retweet about Heidi Cruz was a mistake.
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Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and even Minority Leader Chuck Schumer started publicly discussing the video on a thread, pondering whether to retweet Cardi B. "(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video)," Schatz tweeted.
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It's used to paint those who trivially like or retweet content in a negative light.
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Brian Schatz: "(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video.)" Sen.
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Nourah logs into the account to retweet supportive messages and update people on Qunun's status.
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On Twitter you can get BTS news, you can follow and retweet other Jungkook fans.
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"I make sure I retweet him all the time so he notices me," Mary said.
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It is easy to share a story, retweet it, reblog it, or affirmatively "like" it.
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Presently, Hannity's tweet (and his self-retweet) remain available and has accrued over 2,500 retweets.
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However, the retweet from Sreee Sreenivasan is a lot older than the one below it.
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The account continues to retweet messages of support from her fellow activists, politicians, and others.
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The study also identified the 2017.9 political reporters who male political reporters retweet the most.
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Okay so I wanna draw people avi too so retweet and I gotchu ☺️ pic.twitter.
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But he also continued to retweet that individual and others who promoted the baseless theory.
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The internet is awash in trashy memes just waiting for your late-night retweet spree.
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Within minutes, thousands of Trump's Twitter followers retweet it, and the sparks fly in response.
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"I challenge everyone who retweets Carter's tweet to also retweet my Oscars selfie," she said.
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He apparently liked this one enough to retweet it to his nearly 37 million followers.
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A GOP candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race asked Eric Trump "for a retweet" Saturday.
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Although it's not much, a retweet could help spread the word about a community's needs.
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Exciting news: Today we are launching the ability to Retweet with GIF, photos, and video!
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"It's amazing how many people you can reach with a simple retweet," she told BuzzFeed.
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Louie Swisher: He didn't retweet her, it was like an image ... It was a video.
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Our immature commander-in-chief has once again outraged everyone with an unhinged Twitter retweet.
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And it's forbidding similar efforts to simultaneously "like" or retweet posts from across multiple accounts.
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Another big change allows tweets to update instantly when there's a reply, retweet, or like.
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Phil will retweet this with a bunch of Swiss flag emojis to honour his heritage.
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"The prime minister would not retweet Katie Hopkins nor use that language," her spokesman said.
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" In a retweet, Cuban explained his logic for staying: "I know who pays our bills!
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" Bryan Boy's retweet reads, "Reality check to all the fashion writers out there in Paris.
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"Retweet this if you're from Maine (or even if you're not)," he tweeted on Friday.
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Everyone there follows Famous Political Reporter and 500 other political journalists who retweet one another.
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Because he sucks up to the guy who insulted his wife — by retweet, no less.
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" In a statement hours later, Flynn apologized and said "the earlier retweet was a mistake.
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Weird Twitter began to retweet him; he was weird by association, and then by commission.
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You can make a difference one tweet, retweet, Facebook posting and vote at a time.
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He'll retweet insults that his supporters write and be coy about whether he endorses them.
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Do not "retweet or respond," Pollak said, according to screengrabs obtained by the Independent Journal.
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In Nebraska, a retweet of an offensive joke may be the final straw for state Sen.
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CNN obtained his tweet from a retweet someone else posted publicly on the social media platform.
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Who else would tweet schoolyard insults at his challengers and retweet white supremacists praising his virtues?
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So she asked people to retweet her if they thought her mom should pursue a PhD.
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Twitter has tweets from the people you follow, plus anything those people have chosen to retweet.
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The retweet button propelled Gamergate, according to an analysis by the technologist and blogger Andy Baio.
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A few reasons... Political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet.
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But the president doesn't usually call and express anger at an agency about what they retweet.
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Other Twitter users, desperate for validation, endlessly retweet their own tweets, spamming followers with duplicate information.
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While thousands flocked to "like" the retweet, others pointed out the irony of the apparent jab.
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Twitter emphasizes that locked accounts already cannot Tweet, like or Retweet, and are not served ads.
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It'd be frustrating to click on a good tweet and realize you can't retweet or reply.
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I will pick 5 random people who retweet this and give one to each of you.
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You're always thrusting them at people in the vague hopes of a retweet that never comes.
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Even now, if someone does fan art, I'll retweet it because I like keeping it alive.
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The repeal opponents' side was likely helped by a retweet from White House spokesman Eric Schultz.
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I often check comments, retweet things, and check what's trending on Twitter when I can't sleep.
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To enter the contest, it asked Twitter users to retweet its tweets further spreading brand awareness.
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Like clockwork, the moderator will retweet and respond to the original poster (often to hilarious effect).
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"A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet," Dorsey wrote.
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Image: Twitter / GizmodoToday, Twitter is rolling out a new feature that allows users to retweet themselves.
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Ashley: If only you had your retweet rate up front and center, she wouldn't have unfollowed.
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We feel free to "retweet", "like", and "comment" on our viewpoints or the viewpoints of others.
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She captioned that retweet with a message, "It's all about the Benjamins baby," referring to money.
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She captioned that retweet with the message "It's all about the Benjamins baby," referring to money.
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That's because on Monday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association began allowing college coaches to retweet recruits.
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Trump has a much better Twitter ratio since his many followers retweet and like with abandon.
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You never know if the college president or your professor might retweet or repost your work.
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A few chaotic thoughts that leads to a few clicks to retweet or share is enough.
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Otis said that automatic retweet software, such as Hootsuite, is widely used to share political messages.
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Harmless Torturers never go that far; we just like, retweet and add the occasional clever remark.
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Rather than retreat from Trump's controversial retweet, the White House seems to be leaning into it.
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He deleted his retweet minutes later, and the White house said it had been posted inadvertently.
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She implored her followers to retweet Mr. Wilkerson, sure, but only if they also retweeted her.
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JOE KERNEN: The thought police that are on Twitter are, like-- you can retweet something inadvertently.
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And Bukele, of all the gathered dignitaries, walked away with the coveted prize: the Ivanka retweet.
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Kirk called on users to retweet to show their support for a national voter-identification law.
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Bark flagged a retweet about the U.S. withdrawing troops from Syria as hate speech and cyberbullying.
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"Retweet if you agree that the State of the Union should proceed as planned," he wrote.
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Donald Trump won't be able to retweet one of his favorite sources of anti-immigrant content anymore.
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If you could retweet the crap outta this for him to see it that'd mean the world.
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Not long after the CNN retweet, the president also retweeted a tweet that called him a fascist.
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Finally, there's the basic immaturity of the retweet, and the lack of discretion and forethought it indicates.
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And I was like wow, you could just retweet about it to followers thinking the same thing.
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Most aren't even *that* corny so you should be safe to retweet him without losing any followers.
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Missy Elliott, who has worked with Quigley in the past, was quick to retweet the good news.
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More than once I've found myself signal-less on the beach with nothing to like or retweet.
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Do not retweet, re-quote anything I have said in order to reinforce your self-hating agenda.
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The final tweak seems like an obvious one: Now you'll be able to retweet or quote yourself.
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Before you retweet some hilariously indignant missive from Donald Trump, we suggest you look a bit closer.
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Depending on your settings, Twitter will send notifications whenever you get a new follower, like, or retweet.
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The more you tweet, the more likely you'll get a retweet, a reply, or a new follower.
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It's followed by a second retweet and then another two tweets in the entirety of 2015. what?
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In other words, you're much more likely to retweet something if it's the first thing you see.
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Walls, has, however tweeted a few notes that could be interpreted as breakup chatter, including this retweet.
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On Twitter, he will often acknowledge something positive a supporter said about him and will retweet it.
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Will retweet for chicken nuggets Carter Wilkerson, a 16-year-old high school junior in Reno, Nev.
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He also responded to a user who said they thought the retweet was a funny mistake. Guilty.
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But go a step further, and retweet someone declaring their pain at her sentiment is truly unacceptable.
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Even today I'll retweet myself when my wife is out of town or the sudden urge strikes.
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And in your timeline, each tweet now persistently displays buttons to reply, retweet, like it, and more.
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A few reasons…A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet.
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Retweet if you think the Trump administration should stop blocking the design of the new $2628 bill.
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Following the publishing of the story, Wetherell himself clarified he did not build the retweet button alone.
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Good enough for Blaine to retweet a Frankie Cosmos pre-order link and follow her on Twitter.
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And sure, while the Panthers could just retweet the NFL's video, this won't always be the case.
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If she gets a retweet in the next thirty seconds, she will be my wife, he thought.
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Trump's retweet comes just days after the president blasted the use of anonymous sources in news reports.
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Before there was a retweet button, people used "RT" as a prefix for reposting someone else's tweet.
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" Pressed on the "bimbo" retweet in particular, Trump at first had to confirm: "Did I say that?
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Bots and trolls got a treasure trove of new content to retweet and amplify on social media.
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Every GIF, retweet and Reddit thread is the product of long chains (years, decades, generations) of psychodrama.
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We know that it's possible Trump is scrolling through his Twitter and maybe hitting a random retweet.
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I loved making fun of bad tweets, and my followers loved to retweet my most vicious messages.
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Mr. Toole's next retweet was of a post by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
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As is Mr. Trump's habit, he also paused to retweet images created by one of his fans.
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While, yes, you can add images, videos, and GIFs to your fleets, no one can retweet them.
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Tear-gassing was once considered an unreasonable use of force; now it is barely worth a retweet.
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"Definitely thinking about the incentives and ramifications of all actions, including retweet," he said at the time.
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The four-term Texas congressman went on to retweet several accounts of Cornyn not responding to constituents.
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The label will also appear under the politician's handle whenever they tweet or retweet from their accounts.
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Twitter began experimenting with a "retweet with comment" feature — now known as the quote tweet — in 20183.
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Gamergate was a harassment campaign against women in the game industry, and it weaponized the retweet button.
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Prime Minister Theresa May slammed Trump for the posts, saying he was wrong to retweet the videos.
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"Retweet if you agree that the State of the Union should proceed as planned," Mr. McCarthy wrote.
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Trump preceded the retweet with a string of messages criticizing Bush, including his usual "low energy" refrain.
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Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!!
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"—Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 13, 2019Trump didn't tweet or retweet anything about Tropical Storm Barry before it officially became a Category 1 hurricane, but he did retweet Senator Mitch McConnell's official press account about the Trump administration aiding the Kentucky government in the "war on #AsianCarp.
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Dorit Kemsley, who hasn't tweeted her condolences, went on to retweet Richards' message, adding a thumbs up emoji.
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Today, the organization will donate 5 cents towards mental health programs for every tweet and retweet with #BellLetsTalk.
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A retweet of a former coworker, an impassioned reply to a redditor, a like on a stranger's Instagram.
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They'd tweet them and then ask, as an afterthought, if he'd do them the favor of a retweet.
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Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain show, he was pressed on whether he would apologize for his retweet.
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They're then able to make money by charging to retweet, a practice which has been documented by BuzzFeed.
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In October, analysts detected a network of zero-follower accounts impersonating American teens to retweet pro-Trump sentiments.
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If Instagram were to create a function similar to Twitter's retweet, then that would be allowed as well.
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Other users can "vote" on posts to indicate approval or "echo" it, which is similar to a retweet.
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Trump then followed that up with a retweet on Wednesday night seemingly digging at Heidi Cruz's physical appearance.
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So when Evan Williams, then the CEO of Twitter, wanted to build a retweet button, he called Wetherell.
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The allure of going viral via the retweet had drawn publications, journalists, and politicians to Twitter en masse.
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When thousands of people retweet or share the same tweet or post, they become part of an audience.
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A platform could revoke or suspend the retweet ability from audiences that regularly amplify awful posts, said Wetherell.
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He quickly deleted all of his old tweets, and only one welcome back retweet remains on his thread.
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His tweet promises to give away five (more than $80,000 worth of bitcoin) to people who retweet him.
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Trump treats reporters with contempt because in his mind, all they really do of value is retweet him.
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Trump then followed that up with a retweet on Wednesday night seemingly digging at Heidi Cruz's physical appearance.
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While Kaepernick hasn't said anything publicly about Rapinoe's protest, he did retweet her above tweet on his account.
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It said when people tweet and retweet more, that means brands can reach a more engaged potential audience.
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The context: Trump can often be expected to retweet Fox & Friends, a staple of his morning media diet.
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Kemsley, who also hasn't tweeted her condolences, went on to retweet Richards' message, adding a thumbs up emoji.
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The actor said that the next time he asks for a retweet challenge, he'll "make it seriously hard."
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Keith Ellison's took the fall for this retweet of a another user's cheeky, if inappropriate homage to Benihana.
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Elizabeth also made a plea for help in catching the perpetrators and asked fans to retweet her message.
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In beta testing, Twitter found that people who used this new timeline tended to tweet and retweet more.
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While Trump didn't post his own comments in March, he did retweet a report at 22019:41 a.m.
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"Hemmer continued to press Conway about Trump's retweet, stating it was "clear what he was trying to say.
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You can also see what he thinks of apologies like the one he offered in a subsequent retweet.
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From looking at the bots, it doesn't appear the retweet was posted anytime close to last nights events.
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Filmmaker Duncan Jones' retweet linked to the letter, from Cardiff physician Dr. Mark Taubert, on Twitter on Sunday.
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The second was a retweet illustrating the difference in turnout for President Obama's 2009 inauguration to Trump's inauguration.
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Three tweets (including a retweet of his equally spineless Senate counterpart, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell) condemned white supremacists.
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His retweet was retweeted over 2,000 times: Yet there's no evidence anywhere that Haiti's "high court" did this.
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Normally, you have to follow the account that's doing the giveaway, like the tweet, and also retweet it.
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Facebook was two years old then, Twitter had yet to develop a retweet function, and Instagram didn't exist.
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His retweet about the Clintons takes us into new "unprecedented" territory about just how far he will go.
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"I think the President just wants everything to be investigated," Conway said when asked about Trump's controversial retweet.
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By Saturday morning, it appeared that the retweet had been removed when Axios and other news outlets checked.
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So far, it's had more than 250,000 downloads and has even earned a retweet from Trump promoting it.
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So far, it's had more than 500,000 downloads and has even earned a retweet from Trump promoting it.
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You've all seen by now the retweet from the 28500th president showing him wrestling "CNN" to the ground.
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Use social media to retweet the opinions of those who stand to lose the most from Trump's presidency.
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But to go a step further, and retweet someone declaring their pain at her sentiment is simply unacceptable.
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"Retweet if you think we are sweet one #retreat #rhony girls," Morgan, 56, captioned the photos on Twitter.
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Labeled tweets could be marked with a flag and a warning before other users like or retweet them.
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The Supreme Court case could make it a crime to share and retweet photos of border detention centers.
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And the people who do follow you won't be able to retweet or quote-tweet what you post.
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All they had to do was join Twitter and retweet the announcement tweet before midnight on January 1113.
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"Definitely thinking about the incentives and ramifications of all actions, including retweet," he told BuzzFeed News in July.
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RETWEET: The "age tax" would force Americans age 85033-64 to pay thousands of $$$ more for health care.
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Liberal Democrats, Satanists and Atheists hijacked this poll - please #Retweet to ensure we get fair representation and participation.
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One of homies I went to high school with named Aston Matthews, he happened to retweet the video.
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RETWEET: The "age tax" would force Americans age 50-64 to pay thousands of $$$ more for health care.
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As of this article's publication, the account has been used to reiterate the group's threats and retweet news coverage.
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But then he went looking through his mentions for flattering replies he could retweet, as he is wont to.
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But often it is spread unknowingly, by people who click "retweet" or "share" without first investigating what they're sharing.
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Every like, retweet, new follower or friend can feel like they're contributing to a metric of your personal value.
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Retweet ONLY if you think this is possibly the dumbest idea out of Trump's admittedly dumb head so far.
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As The Daily Dot notes, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump's decision to retweet the videos.
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In a separate example, he helped another QAnon adherent gain "thousands" of new followers after a May 2019 retweet.
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To rein in the excesses of the retweet, Wetherell suggested the social media companies turn their attention toward audiences.
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Ten years later, the retweet is a fundamental part of social media, and at the heart of its problems.
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McConnell's account added a GIF of Scott's Parks & Rec character smiling and winking at the camera to the retweet.
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"I think it's a fun thing to do just to see how many people actually do [retweet]," she said.
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It has been whittled down to the latest sound bite, the most recent photo, the craziest 140-character retweet.
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The company also says you can retweet a reply to signal you want it to be viewed more broadly.
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Teigen, 270, got a kick out of the post, responding, "Oh my god I love him!" in a retweet.
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He'll be able to access the account, but he won't be able to tweet, retweet, or favorite others' posts.
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The more you can amplify those voices — something as simple as a retweet of something Oxfam says is worthwhile.
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"Obviously we didn't get inside the heads of the people deciding to retweet or consume this information," he cautioned.
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"I'm taking down all the Tom Cruise posters in my bedroom," he wrote alongside a retweet of the news.
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Despite seeming like a ghost town, Facebook still updated it with a retweet-like Relasso and camera uploads today.
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Mashable reached out to Blass and he denied his retweet was confirmation that the purported drone image was legitimate.
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" Sam Martin: "Leo and I are donating 6 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!!
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This week has seen him further diversify his retweet choices, granting a platform to a variety of different voices.
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It's a retweet so dumb that it may just beat the time he retweeted someone calling him a fascist.
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"I wish you and I could sit down and have a talk," Lynch wrote in response to the retweet.
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People still retweet and like stuff, and the corresponding numbers displayed below a tweet get updated when they do.
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We've also sent out a small manifesto on social media asking people to retweet it to show their solidarity.
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And retweet they did — at the time of writing, her tweet has over 7,500 retweets and over 6,000 likes.
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Please retweet & use #BeKindToElephants, and for everyone who does, we'll make a donation to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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For example, Sanders's campaign retweets a message so it makes it into followers' streams before the retweet is deleted.
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Top officials are calling for an investigation into his death, which Conway cited as the point of the retweet.
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The President's retweet -- shared with his 39 million followers -- received widespread attention on Monday, including from Tillman's widow Marie.
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For this, he is being lauded for his moral courage: Retweet if u support Merck CEO Ken Frazier's decision.
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Each time you tweet and receive a retweet, like or reply, your brain secretes a little bit of dopamine.
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Trump's retweet and his defense of it illustrates how the concepts of "truth" and "accuracy" operate in his mind.
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In fact I spend so much time reading tweets that I don't have time to do more than retweet.
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They're obviously psyched if they get a retweet from him, but it's presumably his social media guy/golf caddy.
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Trump's own retweet of conservative comedian Terrence Williams was consistent with countless statements he's made that advanced dishonest claims.
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These efforts — a click, a retweet, a YouTube comment — come to feel like important parts of an epochal struggle.
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Chris Murphy wondered publicly whether to retweet a Cardi B video in which she railed against the government shutdown.
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So just as an example, some prominent incentives that we have: the follower counts, the likes, the retweet, impressions.
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In order to take part, Twitter users needed to follow Maezawa and retweet his message, according to a translation.
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"The biggest problem is the quote retweet," former Twitter product head Jason Goldman told BuzzFeed News earlier this year.
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This post has been updated to reflect the fact that Trump's retweet is no longer appearing for some users.
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The use of TweetDeck makes it easier to spot deck members' posts that you need to like and retweet.
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So I see an article and I retweet, 'no more mosques in America,' you know, and like, and share.
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A spokesperson for May first condemned the retweets Wednesday, saying it was wrong for Trump to retweet the videos.
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Reports on Saturday suggested that Trump deleted his retweet, since it was no longer visible to some Twitter users.
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We should be skeptical of their schadenfreude, and try to not retweet the worst of its genre on Twitter.
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If they want to engage, they can tap the tweet and then have the option to like, retweet, or reply.
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Before you retweet the Birth Death Movies article, just remember Devin Faraci isn't exactly a calm voice of reason. pic.twitter.
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One person said there were more "bronies" gathered in Philadelphia for a convention than there were Nazis in Virginia. Retweet!
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Tom Garrett of Virginia took to Twitter to retweet far-right figures blaming "leftist terrorism" and insinuating that Democratic Sen.
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Trump Jr. did not correct his mistake and rather went on to retweet a promotional message about his own merchandise.
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Services such as Facebook and Twitter are built to maximise "virality", making it irresistible to share, like and retweet things.
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So Facebook, in a now all too familiar move copied Twitter, adding a trending column, hashtags, and a retweet clone.
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As the old saying goes, first they laugh at you, then they retweet you, then they adopt your slogan, etc.
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Some accounts broadcast original content; others promote the new accounts that replace suspended ones; others retweet the most compelling material.
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Dorsey laid out Twitter's reasoning, explaining that political messages earn reach when people decide to follow or retweet an account.
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"Seth, you're just a kid in high school, who would retweet you?" asked Aidy Bryant as a high school teacher.
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For each word of moral outrage that you add to a tweet it increases your retweet rate by 17 percent.
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DuVernay seemingly confirmed the news (first reported Tuesday by Deadline) herself, with a subtle retweet of a L'Engle fan account.
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Smarmier self-promotion — retweet yourself: Why write something new when you can bombard your followers with what you already said?
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Once a few of them check it out or even retweet it, the content takes a life of its own.
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With a series of retweet-worthy quips and one-liners, Rippon has become America's sweetheart on and off the ice.
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Flynn's retweet shows he knows that the Saudis, ISIS & the Jewish-NeoCons are the real enemies - NOT Assad & NOT Russia!
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If they had their way every tweet and retweet would incur a toll and take a minute to go through.
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Shortly after, the account took down its retweet after Twitter users criticized the move for promoting Trump family business interests.
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It's rare for a tweet to spark so much joy that the "like" and "retweet" buttons don't do it justice.
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I just know that I had this urge inside me to retweet myself that got stronger and stronger through adolescence.
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At least one anti-Semitic tweet posted by that account was deleted shortly after Trump's retweet, according to BuzzFeed News.
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This retweet from Fox News would have you believe that was the case — though things quickly went off the rails.
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Domino's:Domino's fans can retweet the chain's National Pizza Day tweet for a change to win free pizza for a year.
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The hacker proceeds to disseminate fake news through both accounts and users click retweet as they go about their day.
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The NFL's official account will still post select video highlights during games, which teams are allowed to retweet or repost.
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"These are American citizens," she added, along with a retweet of the images of the faces impacted by the destruction.
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Then there was her retweet of a statement of support from a real politician — one of her fans — President Trump.
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In one of the text messages, Parnas asked Ahearn to have the President's son Donald Trump Jr. retweet an article.
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Conservatives favor messages that will embolden their most committed voters because those are words loyal believers will repeat or retweet.
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Pelosi clearly thinks the Prez's retweet is over the line -- but she's also NOT holding her breath for an apology.
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Of course, previous presidents didn't retweet neo-Nazi sympathizers, vilify Muslims or try to airbrush Jews out of the Holocaust.
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The retweet, which Trump said he did not authorize, was subsequently deleted after it was online for a day: Busted.
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Also seen on their page was a retweet of (also since deleted) similarly incendiary sentiments from former Congressman Joe Walsh.
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Trump isn't exactly known for deleting tweets—his controversial retweet of a neo-Nazi, for instance, has not been taken down.
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So my #nzsecretsanta likes to retweet a lot but not so much tweeting themselves, well this will be fun ðŸ˜' pic.twitter.
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Republican Senator John McCain, a frequent critic of Trump, said he was "surprised" that Trump had chosen to retweet those videos.
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They also hid likes and retweet counts — Twitter's primary incentives — behind a tap to put the primary focus on reply text.
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The bogus tweet is then amplified by bots that retweet it or reply to it claiming the scheme it touts worked.
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One printed tweet was one of that account's first — a retweet of someone else talking about ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising platform.
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"Look for accounts that post and retweet in unnatural patterns," Black Lives Matter advises activists in new guidance on its website.
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It also may direct users to additional context or show a warning to users before they retweet or like the post.
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Every post you like, every tweet you retweet, every thread you participate in — it's all data up for collection and input.
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George Conway, the husband of Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, then tweeted a screenshot of the tweet with Cohen's retweet visible.
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October 20173rd, the day all the white girls I follow retweet a mean girls photo set from some ~relatable~ twitter account.
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For a chance to win the bottle, Hidden Valley is encouraging fans to retweet the social media post about the contest.
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According to MIT research published in the journal Science, Twitter users retweet fake news almost twice as much as real news.
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Does that mean that a non-sponsor can't retweet the official Olympics Twitter account without facing some kind of legal action?
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Ellen DeGeneres and Bradley Cooper are campaigning to retain their retweet record as Twitter's 'Nugget Boy' inches closer to surpassing them.
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Not trying to keep a teenager from his chicken nuggets, DeGeneres asked that people simply retweet both Wilkerson's and her tweets.
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While Wilkerson didn't reach the 18 million retweet target set by Wendy's, the fast food chain gave him the nuggets anyway.
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"I usually retweet Trump when he tweets, which means daily — usually early in the morning or late at night," Barry said.
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So that particular post will go with the retweet and the reposting when it's actually distributed, on the social platforms itself.
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Tweet Solidarity photos – tweet, retweet and share photos holding signs of support for Yarl's Wood strikers, and share using hashtag #HungerForFreedom.
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Both the mobile and web-based versions of Twitter are failing to load tweets, or even show like and retweet notifications.
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British Home Secretary Amber Rudd told MPs that President Trump was "wrong" to retweet videos from far-right group Britain First.
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RELATED: Trump retweet hits Iowans It wasn't the first unflattering image of an opponent the real estate mogul retweeted this week.
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"Retweet if you've spent more than twenty minutes alone with that photo of Justin Trudeau's butt in slacks today," he joked.
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Retweet Armageddon is not about gloating backwards after a victory; "winning the NBA Draft" does not have its own trophy attached.
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With the new sharing button, the current two choices of "Retweet" and "Quote Tweet" will be augmented by two more options.
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They were drawn into a quarrel in December over a retweet by the Emirati foreign minister that Erdogan called an insult.
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It's a tale as old as time: girl meets dog, girl tweets about dog, 100,000 strangers retweet dog, girl gets dog.
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Trump's retweet came shortly after the segment aired on "Fox & Friends," a program the president has publicly praised in the past.
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Twitter users will also be able to quote and "retweet" — or rebroadcast — their own older tweets, which was not possible before.
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"Sorry @JohnLegend, I tried!!!" she wrote in a retweet of the image, adding a crying laughing emoji and a crying emoji.
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"Sorry @JohnLegend, I tried!!!" she wrote in a retweet of the image, adding a crying laughing emoji and a crying emoji.
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When Trump doesn't personally tweet or retweet a message, Scavino said, the social media director will "execute" a tweet for him.
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The U.S. leader was criticized by the U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May who said he was wrong to retweet the posts.
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Dorsey has previously signalled that he, too, is reconsidering whether Twitter should publicise popularity metrics such as like and retweet counts.
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What other candidate would twice retweet a "white genocide" account with the photo of the founder of the American Nazi Party?
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These same bots could also provide an explanation for why Andreessen deleted all of his posts but a single odd retweet.
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If such questions lead you to not click "retweet," then congratulations: You've just engaged in a small act of mindful resistance.
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Speaking of quoted tweets, Twitter is also adding another long-requested feature: the ability to quote and retweet your own tweets.
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He also scolded the agency for a retweet showing side-by-side images of this year's and 2009's inauguration crowds.
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"We'd be willing to bet a retweet by @StephenKing would get us over the threshold," the newspaper tweeted on Saturday morning.
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I'm speaking, of course, about President Donald Trump's decision to retweet a baseless conspiracy theory about the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Twitter Suspends Conspiracy Account After Trump Retweet I don't really have much to add to this story beyond a long sigh.
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Europe is waking up..." Mr. King's retweet included a comment of his own: "Europe is waking up...Will America...in time?
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Maybe they just tweet and retweet far too much, or maybe all their tweets are about a subject you can't stand.
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Ilhan Omar, the freshman Democrat from Minnesota, faces backlash for her retweet of a comment by the activist/journalist Glenn Greenwald.
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At least one anti-Semitic tweet posted by that account was deleted shortly after Trump's retweet, according to the news outlet.
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The second retweet made its way onto conservative news sites, like Breitbart, for instance, and into the public editor's inbox Thursday.
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The platform also allows campaigns to suggest material to share or retweet, and lets supporters report back on whether they have.
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It appeared, for most of the day, that Trump or someone with access to his account had removed the controversial retweet.
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Inside these decks, there's a strict quid pro quo rule, whereby all users have to like and retweet fellow members' posts.
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But in an era where an inadvertent retweet or insensitive Facebook comment can balloon into controversy, the task can be perilous.
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The retweet came after Trump shared a story from "Fox & Friends" which said the president was "seriously considering" pardoning Joe Arpaio.
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The Twitter user later tweeted that he was retiring from Twitter, saying he would "never top" the retweet from the president.
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"Removing Retweet and Like numbers is HUGE and is sure to upset virtually everybody," the user posted before realizing their mistake.
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His tendency to solicit, repeat, and retweet self-serving falsehoods served up by sycophants and hangers-on should be taken seriously.
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Be careful with what you read, be careful with what you retweet, and be careful with what you share on Facebook.
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"It is distressing, though, to have a president that, frankly, will tweet and retweet things as juvenile as that," said Schiff.
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Early Wednesday morning he launched into a Twitter tirade that included shots at controversial basketball dad LaVar Ball and the NFL that could have come from a third-string ESPN2 talking head, a retweet of a Hillary Clinton–bashing Trump fan, and a retweet of Fox News host Laura Ingraham who was, uhhhh, praising Charles Manson?
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Wilkerson eventually racked up 3.55 million retweets and, despite falling short of his 18 million retweet goal, received his free nuggets anyway.
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It's super-simple: Tap N for a new tweet, R to reply, F to favorite a tweet, and T to retweet something.
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But in the midst of the storm, he threw in a retweet of a meme showing himself eclipsing his predecessor, Barack Obama.
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Maybe it's a fun hobby for him while he juggles multiple album projects, or maybe he just forgot that you can retweet.
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"A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet," said Dorsey, in a series of threaded tweets.
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In short, bots tend to tweet more and in bursts, have automated or copied features in their profiles, and retweet a lot.
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Meanwhile, there have been numerous developments in Bergdahl's case that the program has barely touched, outside of the occasional retweet on Twitter.
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He uses the platform to retweet support and to brand his opponents with damaging nicknames such as "Lyin' Ted" for Texas Sen.
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Brammer did not respond to a request for comment by press time, but he did personally retweet SUSPC7's message on Twitter.
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I'm going to guess the Canadian word for retweet sounds like 10 percent more French and is paid for by the government.
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Returning to Twitter after the Easter Egg Roll, the president continued to blast Mueller's investigation and retweet supportive coverage from cable TV.
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As we watch ads track us around the internet, click to "like" something on Facebook and retweet content, someone, somewhere is watching.
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They tweet their reactions, retweet fan accounts, address critics right there and then, and even get into Twitter feuds with each other.
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The only sign from Capcom corporate that the problems are being addressed is a single retweet by Capcom_UK from the SFVServer feed.
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One-click interaction: Retweet, reshare, reply, Like, Upvote/Downvote, or (in Facebook's case) express an emotion, all with a single finger twitch.
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If everybody who uses social media didn't retweet or pass on things they don't believe themselves to be true, [that would help].
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When I retweet or favorite (heart) an account a lot, its tweets will likely get priority in this Timeline "Best Tweets" block.
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Retweet to join me in thanking all of the men and women who serve and protect our country on this #ArmedForcesDay. pic.twitter.
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I retweeted the choicest attacks for all to see, and with each retweet, more attacks followed, their authors gleefully seeking the exposure.
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But I do believe that some of our more vaunted historical leaders in that area did retweet white supremacists less than Trump.
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But Dorsey has previously signalled that he, too, is reconsidering whether Twitter should publicise popularity metrics such as like and retweet counts.
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The age of the retweet builds networked causes and unites marginalised voices, but can also represent "remix culture" at its most lazy.
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Every time you retweet something, or share something on Facebook, you're casting a vote, helping to shape the tenor of the resistance.
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Several hours later, only a single retweet was left on his feed — a long tennis article from 2013 that features him prominently.
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He did, and that triggered a seven-day period during which he won't be able to tweet, retweet, or like any messages.
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The first will add an emoji to a retweet, giving people the chance to quote-tweet without going into the compose field.
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That counts as a vote toward the All-Star game — and each retweet the original post receives counts as an additional vote.
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So by putting some form of warning with the retweet button, Twitter is likely to reduce some of these altered videos' virality.
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Even the people from Right Wing watch retweet videos and articles posted by people who say they want me to commit suicide.
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Then we looked at the retweet rate for half a million public tweets on same-sex marriage, gun control and climate change.
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The accounts amplify each other's tweets and some have gained over 25,000 followers and tweet and retweet hundreds of times per day.
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It's out of character from the rest of Delevingne's Twitter feed, which is mostly used to retweet and promote her current projects.
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I did one retweet and then I tried to delete my Twitter and I couldn't figure out how to delete my account.
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Last month, Twitter began testing a design that hides retweet counts behind an extra tap to similarly discourage inauthentic competition and herd mentality.
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It was thanks to a retweet by Padalecki and coverage by various media outlets that 100,000 people saw she was looking to adopt.
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Every now and then, Twitter artists try to get more followers by asking people to retweet their work in exchange for a portrait.
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All of this she fired off to her half a million followers on Twitter, many eager to retweet her (including the president's son).
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But according to Twitter, the retweet counts exclude retweets by banned accounts — so the numbers don't include the known trolls retweeting one another.
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He briefly appeared on the show in April to joke about Ellen's ongoing retweet challenge to a teen who requested free chicken nuggets.
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His fans have started tweeting photos of their dogs to him, which Unglert will then retweet or, if you're lucky, give a comment.
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It's another to see someone else post it, remember that you don't like Hillary Clinton, and impulsively hit the share or retweet button.
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The power woman slays at work daily — she closes book deals, runs her own imprint and even scores the occasional J.K. Rowling retweet.
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These apps enable Instagram users to regram other people's content to their profile with credit, in effect creating a retweet button for Instagram.
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As you scroll through your feed, you would see a new field with the word "reply" next to the heart and retweet button.
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Such things usually lead to a bunch of Twitter jokes, but, in this case, all folks had to do was retweet the president.
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I emailed them because I follow Kelly on Twitter (he's an expert on Korean geopolitics) and I saw his retweet about the show.
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The three were all smiles on the sidelines, even posing for a group photo as seen in a retweet on Today's Twitter page.
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So far, users can access their Twitter timelines on Apple TV thanks to AirFeed, but they cannot post or retweet, according to AppAdvice.
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"Dorsey suggested that Twitter could instead perhaps emphasize the quote tweet function: "Retweet with comment for instance might encourage more consideration before spread.
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The Star of David tweet wasn't a pure retweet, since Trump borrowed a image from an earlier tweeter but deleted other identifying information.
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He has used Twitter to tweet and retweet false and misleading information at a volume that has challenged the bandwidth of fact checkers.
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"Hey Blue Bell… maybe consider a plastic seal on your ice cream?" one Twitter user said in their retweet of the viral video.
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"I see this group and its behavior (tweets/online activity) and the people that retweet the messages as a virtual organism," Roth said.
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Donald Trump has learned one lesson from his relentless tweeting throughout the 2016 campaign for the White House: Be careful what you retweet.
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White House officials reportedly said Trump's retweet suggesting he should be given an additional two years in office was meant as a joke.
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You don't need to understand the difference between a retweet and a quoted tweet in order to follow commentary on a football game.
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Chris Murphy traded tweets jokingly considering whether to retweet a Cardi B video in which she railed against the government shutdown this month.
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You would just show the clarification, you would be able to retweet the clarification, so it always carries around with it that context.
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Or, if they're offering deals or fundraising on their accounts, go ahead and retweet them, or add their posts to your Instagram Stories.
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Therefore, it would behoove you to wipe down after a retweet, especially if you were about to do other things with your vagina.
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The younger Mr. Goodlatte's Twitter feed is largely composed of musings on cryptocurrency, social media and technology, and the occasional anti-Trump retweet.
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If you don't want to clog up a thread's replies with an unroll request, you can also retweet it onto your own timeline.
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The retweet appears to have since been deleted, and the surfermom77 account where the tweet originated appears to have been removed from Twitter.
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What they're saying: The spokesperson clarified that Trump's retweet mentioning the name alleged to be the whistleblower's should be visible to all now.
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"They claim that Trump would never retweet pro-Q accounts if there was nothing to Q." Trump amplifying conspiracy theories is not new.
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All they had to do to stand a chance of winning the money was retweet his original post before midnight on January 7.
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Trending up: Twitter is launching a series of experiments to try to get people to quote-tweet, reply, and retweet in nondestructive ways.
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" Stewart didn't comment on the film's reception, but she did retweet support from Brett and director Barry Jenkins with a message: "No words.
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" On Twitter, Amazon Music teased that a release may come very soon, writing "RETWEET IF YOU WANT NEW #SELENAGOMEZ #WeAlwaysGoIntoItBlindly #RoseColoredGlassesAllDistorted #ISawTheSignsAndIIgnoredIt #SelenaIsBack.
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He turned to Twitter, his favored social media platform, to retweet dozens of allies who were defending his conduct and slamming the Democrats.
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Let's all think just a bit more critically before we rush to share, retweet and applaud something because it softens rough edges, folks.
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The governor responded to Clinton's retweet, thanking her for sharing but asking commenters to remember the story does not reference the Electoral College.
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Also, Twitter makes it difficult for a user to accidentally retweet something because you have to click twice in order to do so.
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It's a problem faced by a lot of celebrity fan accounts, which often make burner media accounts to retweet onto their main feed.
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So unfortunately if you're looking to win warped Tupperware products, it looks like you're going to have to retweet the old fashioned way.
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To help prevent online harassment from happening in the first place, Chemaly advises men to amplify women's voices and retweet their thoughts and ideas.
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Well, you could say, retweets don't mean endorsements (although Trump did in fact defend his retweet when challenged) and perhaps he was just careless.
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Twitter is also testing hiding the favorite-heart icon, retweet icons, and reply icons, reportedly in an effort to streamline the appearance of replies.
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Just retweet the post below to get more eyeballs on it, and help spread the word by using the #GetShackletonHome hashtag on Facebook, too.
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The original NPS retweet comparing the two inauguration crowds caused the White House to quickly order all Interior Department twitter accounts to cease operations.
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The 210-year-old, who uses the name YouSuck2000 on Twitter, promised free cash to 2100 randomly selected people who follow and retweet him.
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Twitter users were given until Monday to follow Maezawa's account and retweet the promotion to be in with a chance of scooping the prize.
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This is the part of the Retweet that tells you who, among the people you already do follow, had retweeted the post in question.
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In the year after, right-wing trolls still led the overall retweet count, scoring 7.5 million retweets to the left-wing trolls' 20173 million.
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Some of twttr's first testers were feeling unnerved about the like and retweet buttons, and their counts, which had been seemingly removed from replies.
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After being contacted, he tweeted a correction to his retweet: This post has been updated with comment from the person who spread the fake.
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It took more than a half-hour for the account to remove the retweet — with one tweeted reply addressing the issue in the meantime.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told BuzzFeed News he is too: "Definitely thinking about the incentives and ramifications of all actions, including retweet," he said.
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The accounts Emoji Questions and Why No Emoji retweet users asking variations on the same question: why is there no emoji for disco balls?
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In the meantime, here's the icing on the cake: Lohan's retweet of this message celebrating conservative Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
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If Twitter really wants to control the out-of-control rewards mechanisms it has created, the retweet button should be the first to go.
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Twitter user Molly Shah retweeted the tweet asking others to also retweet it if a stranger had ever told them to smile, BuzzFeed reports.
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When pressed on whether he would apologize for his retweet, Trump said that if the group was made up of racists then he would.
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" In a retweet, Hill responded: "No doubt you're going to do amazing things from that office — I am so excited to serve with you!
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In this case it appears that the people at Strategic Command believe a retweet is when you send out a tweet with a link.
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Belloli says most people don't find these kind of things funny, but they retweet or like them because they share the original poster's feelings.
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Twitter gives Retweets an upgrade Twitter will now allow users to add a photo, video or GIF to a Retweet, instead of only text.
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The video spread like wildfire, especially among Twitter users on the right, and Trump Jr. was quick to retweet the video to his followers.
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Each individual retweet and share could happen anywhere in the world, and the laws could be different for each person were someone to sue.
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Sam Martin shows love to Houston's dogs Leo and I are donating 213 lbs of dog food to Houston for every retweet this gets!!!!
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Messing, 50, took aim at the 71-year-old with a retweet accusing Sarandon of not caring about the families separated at the border.
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The now-fixed protected tweets issue would have made a user's tweets publicly visible and allow any user to retweet or follow the account.
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So that means an end to services that let those controlling large numbers of accounts to batch tweet, follow users, retweet or like tweets.
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Also Bret Stephens: I'm going to try and get a college professor fired for a joke he tweeted that didn't get a single retweet.
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" The retweet from Trump set off a firestorm, drawing a one-word response from another woman who has feuded publicly with the billionaire. "Seriously?
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In the run-up to the tweet's two-year anniversary, a Facebook event encouraging people to retweet the original received the support of thousands.
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Washington (CNN)A retweet may not always equal an endorsement, but when you're a public officeholder, it certainly can carry a lot of weight.
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Some will argue -- as former campaign strategist David Urban did on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday -- that Trump's retweet shouldn't be taken seriously.
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Cruz by posting an unflattering photo of her on his Twitter page by noting that it was simply a retweet of another user's post.
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As the story points out, an entire team worked to build the retweet, while the headline suggests it was the work of one man.
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President Donald Trump's sensitive fake news radar failed him Wednesday, when he appeared to earnestly retweet a Mike Pence parody account insulting Hillary Clinton.
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When pressed on whether he would apologise for his retweet, he said that if the group was made up of racists then he would.
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She's already grabbed the retweet endorsement of Snoop Dogg, and later in the year she starts work on her first comedy film, Airplane Mode.
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The invitation came not long after Donktum won a retweet from the president after publishing a doctored version of a 2018 Time Magazine animation.
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" Trump argues his retweet of a @w_terrence tweet suggesting the Clintons murdered Jeffrey Epstein "was fine" because Williams is "a highly respected conservative pundit.
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He included a retweet of White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere announcing the donation of the President's salary to the Surgeon General's office.
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The company has been researching the bad incentives that Twitter can create, with the like and retweet often serving to promote outrage and polarization.
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But the president's Friday night retweet marks the first time he has directly sent the alleged name out to his 68 million Twitter followers.
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First, Trump threatened to "spill the beans" on Cruz's wife on Twitter, and then he sent a controversial retweet of an unflattering picture her.
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On social media, you follow, share, "like" and retweet the people you agree with — while you ignore, unfriend, remove or block those you don't.
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Think of TikTok as a place where memes aren't so much purely copied — like a straightforward retweet — as they are shared with additional commentary.
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It's unclear whether or not this individual will actually get to fly on SpaceX's vehicle, though Musk did retweet Maezawa's announcement about the campaign.
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During the seven day period, the account can't be used to tweet or retweet, but it can still be used to read others' posts.
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Chris Wetherell, who was profiled by BuzzFeed as "The Man Who Built the Retweet," cannot take sole responsibility for the impact of this button.
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In other words, Trump did not delete his retweet and the alleged whistleblower&aposs name is still visible to anyone scrolling through his feed.
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She did, however, retweet a fan who photoshopped the ad into a declaration that Kim's beauty business was thriving, complete with an added LOL.
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Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez was also silent, though she did retweet posts saying the goods being sold in Colombia were actually of Venezuelan origin.
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A politician with more superego couldn't retweet white supremacists or accuse their challenger's father of being linked to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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I am so sick of people robbing American Blacks like myself of our history..." With his retweet, the younger Mr. Trump added, "Is this true?
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Bots and the Trump supporters who retweet them asked if Trump's doing so badly, what do liberals have to say about Obama's actions during Katrina?
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The retweet came after Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on CNN that Russia was to blame for hacks of the Democratic National Committee.
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Screenshot: TwitterDespite tweets that Barr is "moving on," she continues to retweet accounts that insist there's a double standard, and claims that she's being harassed.
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During a harassment campaign against women in the gaming industry, Wetherell noticed people using the retweet to "brigade," or coordinate their attacks against their targets.
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"We're working on updates to Retweet with Comment as part of our efforts to make Twitter more conversational," a spokesperson for Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Instead, you'll be met with the warm comfort of a basic idea and thousands who deem it deep enough to warrant a like or retweet.
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Walsh's tweet Thursday night went viral after New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg spotted the deletion early Friday morning and urged people to retweet it.
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We have become numb to your outlandish acts, tweets and recent retweet of you knocking down Hillary Clinton with a golf ball that you hit.
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Be careful who you retweet, but don't forget to pick up a copy of that Trump erotica book, Trump Temptation: The Billionaire and the Bellboy.
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Next in the retweet spree: Someone calling for Church of God bishop and NAACP activist Talbert Swan to be banned from Twitter for hate speech.
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UPDATE 4/4/16: Looks like Trump's retweet has been pulled due to a copyright claim, but the video still exists in the above tweet.
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Or they can tap the repost button — which looks more or less identical to Twitter's "retweet" button — to share the post with their own followers.
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The second retweet was from New York Times correspondent Binyamin Applbaum's showing two pictures comparing the size of Trump's inaugural crowd versus Obama's in 212.
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So many people tweeted their stories that McCauley reached his retweet limit and had to link to his status so everyone could see the replies.
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The White House has since told NBC's Kristen Welker that the retweet of the train-CNN meme was "inadvertently posted," and immediately removed when noticed.
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Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the company is imposing new limits on how much third-party apps can post, like, retweet, and send direct messages.
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Unleash your inner narcissist (we're not judging) and get ready to make use of the retweet button that will become available for your own tweets.
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It watched its users hack together creative ways to retweet each other or tag posts, and then built in UI fixes to support those behaviors.
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" He followed it up with a second retweet by a follower, who wrote, "I finally don't fear spilling the beans about @MeghanMcCain and @bdomenechin public.
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As per Twitter's policy, while Jones can browse and send direct messages to his followers, he would not be able to tweet, retweet, or like.
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Luckily the tweet from Messenger didn't get too much action, only receiving a couple of likes and one retweet in the span of an hour.
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On Thursday morning British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned Trump's decision to retweet three Islamophobic videos from the racist group Britain First on Wednesday morning.
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Haddad says that like and retweet notifications will stop working on Tweetbot for Mac, and other notifications will be delayed by one to two minutes.
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But, I think, to say it's basically all of Islam, us versus them, or to retweet this video, is definitely not helpful in the least.
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The first retweet linked to an article about the White House website removing civil rights, climate change and healthcare pages as Trump was inaugurated Friday.
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The temporary ban means Jones and Infowars can browse and send direct messages to followers, but would not be able to tweet, retweet, or like.
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"Understand that people who repost, retweet that the most—the timeline of where the original hashtag was created—all of that's of interest," Mitchell said.
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Twitter has had some newsworthy updates of late, including a change to its permitted character count and the option to tweet and quote retweet yourself.
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Twitter is also giving users the ability to retweet themselves, which Twitter says will be a handy way for you to resurface your old ideas.
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Every retweet and every like is another moment of identity confirmation, another high five to our friends, another reminder that we're right and they're wrong.
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If well-known people retweet the bot messages or simply link to a website the bots are promoting, the messages gain an edge of legitimacy.
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"I am so excited that I achieved a goal I set 2 years ago," he wrote, "to have the president retweet a meme I made."
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He did not post, or even retweet, in support of Miami's Robert Quinn or Philadelphia's Jenkins, both of whom raised a fist during the anthem.
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But his Friday night retweet marks the first time he has directly sent the alleged name into the Twitter feed of his 68 million followers.
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It is unclear if Mr. Ahearn passed along the request to Donald Trump Jr., though Mr. Trump did retweet a Republican strategist criticizing Ms. Yovanovitch.
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"All the Kremlin has to do is click like or retweet and then sit back and say 'thank you,'" said Mr. de Jong, the researcher.
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Some of our most interesting and iconic features like the retweet, the hashtag, you know, have come from customers essentially hacking the product in public.
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"Doesn't get more Canadian than that ... congrats on reaching the finals," Andreescu wrote above a retweet of a video showing Pospisil drinking the sweet substance.
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" And Mr. Conway responded, this time talking directly to her (even though it was really a retweet with a comment): "Your boss apparently thought so.
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It introduced a mobile share button — a retweet clone — that would add speed to its service, making it more attractive for news organizations and politicians.
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Like the retweet and share, WhatsApp had a "forward" button that allowed news, memes, and rumors to spread rapidly, passed on without thought or hesitation.
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" But, the editorial board wrote, that doesn't explain why Trump chose to retweet the videos from a "tiny, viciously anti-Muslim group called Britain First.
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This rule also removes any posts where people promise gifts, money, or to prevent "the worst month of your life" in exchange for a retweet.
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As of Saturday morning, that retweet was reportedly no longer visible to some users, leading CNN's Manu Raju to report that the tweet was deleted.
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According to Nimmo, 96.3% of the uses of that hashtag were retweets, suggesting a coordinated effort from either a retweet farm or bots, he said.
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I'm big into the high school recruiting scene, so I always retweet the kids that I train with or work with, helping them get recruits.
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According to this Retweet, Bisping seems to be into the idea, and really, who can blame him for wanting to avenge his most notable loss?
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The Tide Pod suggestion came on Twitter — Paul wrote that he would swallow one Tide Pod for each retweet — and appears to have since been deleted.
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Under the defiant tagline "America's Finest News Source," the site's writers have mastered the art of turning our soap opera politics into retweet-ready comedy gold.
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And, he said, State Farm pledged to donate up to $1 million, too, by matching every retweet of the video posted before Sunday with a dollar.
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"The Bible says it is an unforgivable sin to steal from the dead," Dog, 66, wrote early Friday morning, on a retweet of The Blast's story.
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" Mandy Moore, who was married to Ryan Adams for seven years before divorcing in 2016, expressed her support for Bridgers in a retweet which read, "Facts.
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Twitter today is rolling out a new feature that will allow businesses to prompt their followers to take an action beyond a simple fav or retweet.
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That is, there's no heart (favorite) icon, no retweet icon, no reply bubble icon and no sharing icon, like you're used to seeing on tweets today.
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As Midterm Elections approach they won't outright urge people to vote, but they'll eagerly jump at the chance to retweet that Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson meme.
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Trump had included the link in a 2013 retweet of a Twitter user who was urging people to vote for Trump on the Fame Days website.
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"I was very excited about the opportunity that Twitter represented," Wetherell said, noting that he initially felt the retweet button would elevate voices from underrepresented communities.
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The restaurant's upbeat response to the bad news coupled with the crucial retweet has helped turn an apparent financial loss into something of a marketing coup.
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Brian Schatz of Hawaii tweeted, "(Trying to decide whether or not to retweet the Cardi B video)" This was followed by a response from Connecticut Sen.
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So far, the teen has 2.8 million retweets, brining it dangerously close to DeGeneres and Cooper's retweet record of 3.3 million for their famous Oscar selfie.
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It was found in a study that for every word of moral outrage you add to a tweet it increases your retweet rate by seventeen percent.
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They are words that reach into the deepest parts of me, plucking out trauma that gets replayed over and over with each new article and retweet.
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The company says it will also (finally) enable users to begin tweets with usernames without first adding a period, and — attention thought leaders — natively retweet themselves.
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It's already implemented some of the other #Beyond140 updates, including the ability to retweet yourself and media attachments like photos not counting against the character limit.
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On Tuesday, the service announced new rules that relax some of its 140-character constraints, and also introduced the ability to retweet and quote tweet yourself.
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Meanwhile, if you want a reply to be seen by all your followers, you will be able to retweet it – thanks to the rule detailed above.
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For Wilkerson to reach his 18 million target, it would require 5.6 percent of the Twitter user base to retweet him, which might give some hope.
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The user told Trump that his late "parents" said he was a "big inspiration" and asked for a retweet in their memory, which Trump duly provided.
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No, this was Retweet Armageddon, a term coined by Michael Levin and Spike Eskin, the hosts of the popular Sixers podcast The Rights To Ricky Sanchez.
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Well, maybe not specifically you, but whatever part of you is useful, such as the click, vote, retweet, or other modicum of attention you can provide.
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Of the 50 accounts that most often retweet RT, 16 have such a regular pattern that they are probably "bots"—ie, computer programs—or chronic insomniacs.
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"When I mention a Pro-Climate Candidate like @ReneeHoagenson and only 2202 of my 2628,28500 followers 'like' comment & retweet, I get pretty ticked off," Astin tweeted.
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He first began using his Twitter account to weigh in on the President's decisions and retweet articles that are less than flattering for the White House.
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He had come to regret his decision to retweet the Heidi Cruz photo that night at Mar-a-Lago, which had dogged him for weeks now.
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He searched for patterns in the posts of confirmed Russian accounts, examining the sites they link to most often and the hashtags and accounts they retweet.
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He recently made headlines when he claimed that CNN was avoiding conservative voices and canceled an interview with him over a retweet criticizing anchor Brooke Baldwin.
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His campaign also drew criticism last month for his retweet of two images that appeared to compare the attractiveness of his wife, Melania, and Texas Sen.
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The first retweet was from a self-labelled news aggregator (a newswire-style account that retweets the former first daughter as part of its automated tasking).
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Rather than use cash offers to express how much they value athletes, like every other industry in the world, college programs are hitting the retweet button.
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But if you replied directly to a Refinery29 tweet, that would only be seen by all your followers if you quote it or retweet it yourself.
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Thanks to the wonders of the internet, Zirpolo's performance went viral enough that even his muse was able to see it and, of course, retweet it.
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To start the day, give students a sticky note marked with one of a few familiar symbols on them: retweet, reply, favorite and a question mark.
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First, the Kenyan artist posted his unfinished drawing of Harvey, shared the process on Twitter and urged his followers to retweet and tag the US entertainer.
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And when I did that and saw a bunch of people retweet it, I was like, all right, I guess we can have some fun here.
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At the time of his election in 2016, a Trump tweet was interacted with (meaning a retweet or a like) about 0.55 percent of the time.
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He said he would take a second look at it over the weekend, and the retweet indicates it could be at least peripherally on his mind.
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As a result of Trump's retweet, the video received more than 3 million views on Twitter by Sunday morning -- more than triple Williams' most recent videos.
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Since Sunday's gunfire at Comet Ping Pong, Michael G. Flynn has also continued to retweet messages that say the news media has sought to normalize pedophilia.
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" — JIMMY KIMMEL "I know it seems careless, but in Trump's defense he does just automatically retweet anything as soon as he sees the words 'great white.
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Another now-deleted retweet of a former Obama administration associate counsel commented on reports that Trump required White House staff to sign nondisclosure agreements, CNN reported.
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Chris Wetherell, the project lead on the retweet button project back in 22019, watched with horror as Gamergate unfolded, understanding the damage his creation had wrought.
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On Saturday morning, some users reported they could no longer see the retweet on Trump's Twitter timeline and believed that he may have undone the action.
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Trump spoke as if her husband didn't recently retweet a doctored GIF of his golf swing slamming a ball into Hillary Clinton's back, knocking her over.
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" And if they engage with even a few people in the comments or retweet what their followers say, Dr. North said that "every individual feels validated.
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And even more so, they've gotten the thing of, if you publish things that people like to retweet or like, it goes to even more people.
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It should analyze who I follow but never click, fave, reply to, retweet or even slow down to read and ask if I want to nix them.
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And according to the Daily Mail, the Tuesday afternoon retweet was not the first time the star retweeted a user who defended her previous comment about Jarrett.
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There's the "I'm going to retweet someone" or "I'm going to add one line of funny commentary that probably is less funny than I think" of Twitter.
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" Another called out the talk show host and said, "Mental health is not an excuse for the vile things she has and continues, even today, to retweet.
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With the retweet button, Twitter wanted to build this behavior into its product — a standard practice in tech that, at the time, was performed without much thought.
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As the accounts switched tactics, Warren said, they appeared to retweet other users more often in an effort apparently aimed at increasing visibility and to diversify followers.
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Ellen wanted to work together with Wilkerson to get both of their tweets to 22017 million retweets, as Ellen wasn't ready to part with the retweet record.
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What is troubling here, in addition to the misleading headline, is the finding of a Columbia University study that 59% of people retweet news without reading it.
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But thousands have already voiced their concern, with many tweeting back to McCain in anger and boosting an already abysmal reply-to-retweet ratio to historic levels.
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I am a firm believer of paying it forward, so for the first 1,000 people that retweet this, I will split the jackpot with you 🤑 pic.twitter.
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People are using the #MissinginManchester hashtag on social media to draw attention to individuals who are missing after the incident, and asking strangers to retweet the posts.
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But we missed an earlier retweet from the president on Friday morning, which did reference Loomer in the form of a screenshot of a Breitbart headline. Sigh.
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Flynn deleted the tweet and apologized hours later, saying "the earlier retweet was a mistake" and that he meant to share a video from CNN Politics instead.
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Twitter ditched its stars in favor of hearts to "like" Tweets, and now, to get more people using Twitter, it is considering replacing its iconic "Retweet" button.
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The retweet has been a core part of the Twitter experience from early on, as a way to share content you've seen on the service more easily.
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While the retweet may not break any laws, it could potentially violate federal rules that prohibit the use of public office to promote commercial products, ABC reported.
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Of the 50 accounts that most often retweet RT, 16 have such a regular pattern of tweeting that they are probably "bots" (computer programs)—or chronic insomniacs.
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And in this fast-twitch, retweet-friendly news cycle, an increasing number of journalists are finding themselves tweeting something out, and later, retracting it (this journalist included).
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For instance, the "Final Thoughts" videos by Tomi Lahren, former commentator on The Blaze, amassed millions of views thanks to the convenience of the share/retweet buttons.
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For a number of days now, the movie's official Twitter account has been a retweet machine, and the message they're trying to drive home is pretty unambiguous.
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You'd also assume if he didn't like having his photos taken, then why would he retweet our photo set and use one of them for his socials?
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And last month, she said Trump was "wrong" to retweet the messages from Britain First, an extreme right-wing group who posted misleading videos depicting Muslims negatively.
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For instance, Gamergate supporters or trolls attached to the movement often retweet posts by anti-Gamergate feminists as a way of generating hostile debate about the issue.
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Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) discussed whether they would retweet the video, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer weighed in on the debate.
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On Saturday, a former acting solicitor general of the United States, Neal Katyal, tweeted that it was "literally unfathomable" that the President would retweet such a thing.
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Luis Suarez, a US Army veteran and Bolivian native, wrote a code algorithm that would retweet tweets opposing Evo Morales amid unrest during an election in Bolivia.
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Ilhan Omar said Trump's retweet of a false video claiming to show her celebrating the anniversary of the 9/11 attack had put her life at risk.
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" Trump has not formally responded to the backlash, but she did retweet and respond to several supporters thanking them saying, "This is my passion, lifting ALL Americans!
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In practice, this translates to a lot of retweet requests and discussions about what's going on in the news and how to approach certain topics and stories.
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You shut down Ed Henry and the Pro Shark Media with the fac[ts]," the retweet states, rewriting the original tweet, which referred to the "fake news.
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So I ask: Did Ms. Conway deserve the retweet from Mr. Conway or should he have let her have her ugly words and leave it at that?
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She was put on a limited suspension, meaning that her archive is still visible, but she could not tweet, retweet or like other posts for 12 hours.
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The restaurant posted all the information about the free dinner to Twitter a few weeks ago and encouraged others to retweet it in order to spread the word.
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And when, having discovered my mistake, I reflect on what made me do it, the answer I come up with is this: Clicking "retweet" made me feel good.
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Thorne is known for her brassy internet presence — earlier this week, she noted, "Your stool says so much about you...." — but this particular retweet ventures into obscene territory.
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It found that Twitter users often expressed little to no skepticism when presented with those bits of fake news—most just clicked like or retweet and moved on.
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But a decade later, people are now using a Chrome extension to hide likes and retweet numbers and are questioning whether tracking those numbers creates a false meritocracy.
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While the jury is out on whether that's still really the case, Plame's argument is undercut by the fact that hers was a tweet tweet, not a retweet.
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Twitter was launched in 2006, but one of its central functions — the retweet button, which allows you to share someone's tweet with one click — didn't arrive until 2009.
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The photo went viral when Timothy J. McIntosh shared it on Twitter and urged people to retweet and spread the word to hopefully get help for the residents.
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While it does make the comment seem more like someone is continuing a conversation, the update arguably makes it easier to confuse a Retweet with a Reply, too.
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In a YouTube video, he explained that he would give away a bunch of prizes and all people had to do to enter was to retweet his tweet.
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The option to retweet your tweets will be disabled, though any of your approved followers can take a screenshot of something you've said, so choose your friends wisely.
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It's unclear where Trump or his campaign found the meme, but the candidate has been known to retweet messages and memes from accounts rife with highly offensive content.
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It's great to feel like you're part of this greater internet community and that your one like, retweet, or thumbs up can influence someone else in the world.
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The retweet comes less than two weeks after the State Department removed a blog post that touted President Donald Trump's personally owned private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago.
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After the show aired, he took to social media to retweet footage of Terence Crutcher being gunned down by a policewoman during a traffic stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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"Get a grip," John Cornyn of Texas wrote in a retweet of a news story about Booker's remarks at the Netroots Nation Conference in New Orleans on Friday.
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Sure, I also tweet or retweet — or like or post on Facebook — items that have nothing to do with my brand, or technology, or what comes from competitors.
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When you watch the video, you'll have the same experience as in Periscope – with the ability to heart and comment on the video content, as well as retweet.
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That's because the world of Twitter parody accounts is a tangled, incestuous one, where fictional characters constantly retweet other fictional characters — even ones decidedly outside their own universe.
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Lizzo went on to retweet one of her own videos, which showed the rising star belting out "Poor Unfortunate Souls" while dressed up as Ursula this past Halloween.
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In a small but useful update rolled out today, Twitter will now allow users to add a photo, video or GIF to a Retweet, instead of only text.
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However, users would be able to express their opinions on the tweet by using the "Retweet with Comment" function that provides a link to the original moderated tweet.
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Andrew Sullivan, writer at large for New York Magazine, shared a retweet of the post that started the furor, published at far-right pro-Trump website Gateway Pundit.
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The same day as the Loggins retweet, Kaepernick also retweeted his attorney and CNN legal analyst Mark Geragos, who shared an ESPN article about the NFL's new policy.
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"A retweet was posted last night on @stevenmnuchin85033 by someone other than the Secretary or an individual with authorized access to his account," Mnuchin said Wednesday on Twitter.
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Twitter's radical "Hide Replies" feature, one of the biggest changes to how Twitter works since the invention of the Retweet, is now available to Twitter's global user base.
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And the mild buzz of seeing followers like, retweet and riff on a good joke is never worth the soul-destroying gloom of watching Twitter turn on you.
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The retweet and Mr. Kammerer's apparent endorsement of the sign appear to have angered AfD members, who staged a mini-boycott of Coke, at least on social media.
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After Mr. Trump's retweet, many also pointed out that the former football player had been a critic of the war in Iraq and of President George W. Bush.
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He also undid a retweet in which a former associate counsel in President Barack Obama's White House blasted Trump's move to make White House officials sign nondisclosure agreements.
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Hundreds of concerned "friends" — some you may not have heard from since the 2016 presidential election — will repost on Instagram or retweet a lost pet notice without hesitation.
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"We're in this Discord with all the rest of the winners where we can just give each other feedback, ask questions, and retweet each other's stuff," he says.
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When I asked users on Twitter, the president-elect's favored megaphone, to retweet if they cared about Mr. Trump's tax returns, within hours more than 79,000 people responded.
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"A retweet was posted last night on @stevenmnuchin1 by someone other than the Secretary or an individual with authorized access to his account," Mnuchin said Wednesday on Twitter.
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"I post it on Facebook annually and this year my friend, Mette Harrison, who writes bestselling books, asked me to tweet it so she could retweet it," Spencer said.
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It's made even worse when you consider that they seem to exist within an echo chamber: Male political reporters retweet other men three times more than their female colleagues.
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The 226+ tweets he's fired off since April 22018 has us asking many questions, but here's one that seems pretty important: does Kanye West even know how to retweet?
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Whether you craft something of your own or retweet a post from a nonprofit, it's important to remind people how they can help move the women's rights movement forward.
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It's particularly difficult because of instructions at the bottom of each warning, directing users to copy and paste the message instead of using the native share or retweet buttons.
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Representatives for both rappers didn't immediately reply to BuzzFeed News' request for further information, but Chance did retweet Glover talking about the mixtape(s) in the Emmys press room.
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Trump had suggested undocumented Mexican immigrants were rapists and wanted to ban Muslims from entering the US; a vaguely anti-Semitic manual retweet felt like small potatoes to me.
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"Retweet to wish the best brother in the world a big #HappyBirthday @MrSilverScott thanks for making me laugh every day these past 40 years #twinning," Drew wrote on Twitter.
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Use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to write about what you're doing, retweet and repost social media posts from nonprofits and charities — whether they're the ones you're financially supporting or not.
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Once a part of a Team, Twitter for iOS and Android users can tweet, Direct Message, Like and Retweet from a Team account using the main Twitter mobile app.
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She would congratulate the singer on his singles reaching the top of the charts, excitedly talk about going to his shows and retweet his musings on naps or cereal.
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Images of fake missing people have been doing the rounds, so exercise caution before sharing and take a few minutes to investigate and validate before hitting the 'retweet' button.
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At the same time, Hammer made headlines for replying to a retweet, by actor James Woods, of a criticism of the age difference in Call Me by Your Name.
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Sure, I also tweet or retweet — or "Like" or post on Facebook — items that have nothing to do with my brand, or technology, or which even come from competitors.
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In fact, there's about a seven-year gap in his timeline, starting in November of 2007 and lasting until a retweet of The Verge's own Walt Mossberg in 2014.
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" However, this follows Trump's ominous retweet of Ambassador John Bolton on Wednesday, who wrote: "Our country & civilians are vulnerable today because @BarackObama did not believe in national missile defense.
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"Pocahontas Warren" first emerged in a retweet in 2014, seemingly coined by @TheAme19 whose Twitter bio now reads "Stand for the Flag; Kneel before the Cross," among other things.
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For instance, new users might be confused about what a retweet is, or the difference between that and a "quote tweet" (where you say more about something you're reposting).
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The context: This appears to be Trump's way of congratulating one of his favorite media personalities from Fox News, retweeting The Five co-host's own retweet of a compliment.
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So what I did was retweet him and say, "Thank you for these birthday wishes," and then at that point, my little Twitter Spartan Army took him for me.
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Something similar happens on the internet when things go viral—seeming to follow no rhyme or reason, people are compelled to like, share, retweet or participate in things online.
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If you tweet about a topic and a lot of people retweet it, you're getting a dopamine hit, which makes you more likely to tweet about that topic again.
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The video got close to 40 thousand upvotes on Reddit, and a high-profile retweet from Chrissy Teigen no doubt helped propel it to 12 million views on Twitter.
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As for Fox's viewer-in-chief, the president insisted that "I haven't watched for one minute" (though he did retweet several supportive tweets during the hearings, some including video).
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Numerous Chinese celebrities, including disgraced megastar Fan Bingbing, joined millions of internet users on the mainland to retweet a Chinese map that includes Taiwan with a superimposed national flag.
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And Conway's husband, who has appeared to frequently contradict and criticize the Trump administration in the past, took the opportunity to retweet some negative statements about his spouse's boss.
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Twitter's saftey account said that offending tweets will be marked with a new warning label that makes it impossible to like reply, share or retweet the tweet in question.
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He told his followers, via a retweet, to ignore Nugent and focus their energy instead on taking in a speech by Hunter Pollack, brother to Parkland victim Meadow Pollack.
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They retweet what Musk would characterize as negative stories, but which they see as revealing (like a New York Times report into parking lots full of Tesla inventory cars).
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This article originally appeared on VICE UK.On Thursday morning Donald Trump laid into Theresa May on Twitter, after she said it was wrong for him to retweet Britain First.
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The metric shows up under some embedded tweets when they appear elsewhere on the web, and seems to replace both the retweet and replies totals with one, cumulative total.
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Though the inability to retweet, like or reply will surely limit a post's potential reach, it could still be widely seen, especially if the user has a large following.
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He never apologized for the retweet, but later told Maureen Dowd, an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, that it was a mistake to have sent it.
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The NPS later apologized for the "mistaken" retweet, and the Trump administration ordered the NPS to temporarily stop using Twitter, allegedly to investigate whether the account had been hacked.
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Perhaps Trump will eventually realize Dr. Fauci was embarrassed by his "deep state" comment and eventually undo the retweet, but until then, we'll just have to wonder why. WHAT.
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Suarez saw claims of a coup by Morales supporters as their own form of misinformation, so he wrote a 25-line code algorithm that would retweet anti-Morales posts.
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White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Tuesday that she does not know who was operating her Twitter account when it was used to retweet a white nationalist.
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Twitter said it may also show a warning to users before they retweet or like a tweet with a manipulated video and may reduce the visibility of such tweets.
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In a message to his Twitter followers, he also said that State Farm Insurance would donate a dollar for each retweet of his post accompanied by the hashtag #RetweetForGood.
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The company said it hasn't had to use this feature yet, but in cases where it does, users won't be able to like, retweet or share the offending content.
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"Sometimes the barrier to tweeting is quite high, people feel like it's easier to retweet than add context because they don't know what to say," Xie told BuzzFeed News.
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That means you can see recent tweets right on the watch face, and tap on them to be redirected back to the Chirp app to reply, like or retweet.
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The president and his top aides, supposedly disengaged, took the time to retweet roughly two dozen critiques of the impeachment process from Trump's personal Twitter account throughout Wednesday morning.
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John 22020:16 "Liberal Democrats, Satanists and Atheists hijacked this poll - please #Retweet to ensure we get fair representation and participation," it added in another tweet to its followers.
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The lazier response was to retweet Makenna with some variation of "racist" or "idiot" added as a comment, which did nothing but further the retreat into our respective, polarized corners.
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If you do reply to someone, but still want every single follower to see the reply, you'll also be able to retweet your own reply to all of your followers.
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In an interview last month, George Stephanopoulos asked Donald Trump about his retweet of a follower who insisted that both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were ineligible for the presidency.
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In an experimental prototype app called twttr, like and retweet counts are hidden in a tweet's replies as part of the company's efforts to improve how people understand a conversation.
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Instagram tells me Regramming, or the ability to instantly repost someone else's feed post to your followers like a retweet, is "not happening", not being built, and not being tested.
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And on Wednesday morning, he smashed the retweet button on anti-Muslim videos shared by an ultranationalist British party leader, which led to condemnation from British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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In answering reporters' questions, Trump added that he was not calling for his supporters to boycott the NFL, in spite of his retweet of one supporter calling for a boycott.
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The current account posts stuff like this, which subtly announced Twitter's new option to retweet an account and add a GIF: And this: Here's the full listing: San Francisco, CA
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Before Wetherell joined Twitter, people had to manually retweet each other — copying text, pasting it into a new compose window, typing "RT" and the original tweeter's handle, and hitting send.
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His one tweet has been seen by 24 million people, and many of them are amplifying the message with a retweet and are now turning on and using image captioning.
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Cruz didn't specifically answer if he thinks big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook should be broken up, saying his recent retweet of Elizabeth Warren was more about speech protection.
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Isaac: I retweet many things because I want to highlight that the commentary is inappropriate, not because I agree with it, but I encourage you to talk to María Elena.
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Indeed, InfoSum's own website credits Halstead as the inventor of the embedded retweet button, noting the technology is "something that is now ubiquitous on almost every website in the world".
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In a retweet of a story from Raw Story, Rogen cracked a joke about a Rogen doppelgänger that was hospitalized for stab injuries in the feature photo of the piece.
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He dismissed the importance of his move on Twitter, saying "it was a retweet -- not so much with Marco," implying that his concern is with the eligibility of Texas Sen.
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He took a little break to retweet some thoughtful words from the Mark Twain quote account and visit the World Trade Center, but on Saturday he was back at it.
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Tweet. Post. Retweet. Repost. Comment. Why spend your time doing menial social media management tasks when you could be working on broader strategies that acquire users at a greater rate?
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But if someone can get a year's supply of chicken nuggets from Wendy's on Twitter, maybe you can retweet your way to a machine before it gets revamped by Apple.
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The tweet from Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe said "it's totally crazy to suggest the FBI" is opposed to Trump and called on Twitter users to retweet if they agree.
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Trump's retweet came after a series of tweets regarding trade negotiations with China and as former President George H.W. Bush's body continues to lie in state at the US Capitol.
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In the process of using his Twitter account to retweet official Hurricane Dorian forecasts from the National Hurricane Center, Trump incorrectly stated on Sunday that the storm could hit Alabama.
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Retweet counts and Instagram followers are the new Billboard 100, and celebrities can gin up their numbers by instigating feuds with one another in increasingly nasty or technologically intriguing ways.
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Of all the things one can fault Twitter for (its tip-toeing around white supremacy, its allowing spyware companies to advertise, etc.) the retweet button is not one of them.
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Facebook has a share button, Twitter has a retweet button, and both services could dramatically curb the spread of misinformation by getting rid of those features or limiting their power.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May would not retweet Katie Hopkins, whose criticism London Mayor Sadiq Khan was repeated by U.S. President Donald Trump, May's spokesman said on Monday.
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Telizhenko went on a retweet spree last week, sharing posts about the Senate subpoena and touting Trump's comment that he'll make Hunter Biden a "major" issue in the 2020 campaign.
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Parliament held a special debate on the retweet, at which Mr. Trump was excoriated by one member after another, many demanding that a state visit by the president be scrapped.
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She went on to retweet a clip of an interview with the 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain that had been originally posted by the Fox Business host Trish Regan.
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If during your unrolled reading you decide there's a particular tweet you'd like to respond to, retweet, or like, simply hover over the text of that tweet and click it.
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The remaining visible tweet is a retweet of another user accusing her of inciting racial hatred — which contains a screengrab of a number of abusive tweets Hopkins made targeting Stormzy.
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Twitter will also show a warning label to people before they retweet or like the tweet, may reduce the visibility of a tweet and may prevent it from being recommended.
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Once we publish or send or retweet, our messages are no longer ours; in an instant, they can ricochet far beyond our own horizons, with profound risks to the environment.
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Given Twitter's prominent role in political life, we decided to look at political discourse there, analyzing the retweet rate — the primary way Twitter users disseminate messages across their social network.
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She doesn't publicly talk about her acting past or family strife, but she's used her Twitter to show support for Elizabeth Warren and retweet critiques of Trump, Bloomberg, and Buttigieg.
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The New York Times editorial board blasted President Trump's decision to retweet a series of anti-Muslim videos first posted by the deputy leader of the ultranationalist "Britain First" movement.
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"They're basically a group of people who retweet each other's selfies to get more followers, likes," says 18-year-old Sasha from Texas, who has over 27K followers on Twitter.
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Later in the day, the president found time to retweet a congratulatory post for Bryce Mitchell, who became the second man in UFC history to score a twister submission finish.
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Before pivoting to discussions of the economy, Trump had one final retweet: missives sent by Mindy Robinson, host of the right-wing show Red, White, and F You: Unapologetically Patriotic.
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For instance, new users might be confused about what a retweet is, or the difference between that and a "quote tweet" (where you say more about something you're re-posting).
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Niall Griffiths: I showed everyone in my office when I saw the retweet—we have two separate offices, so I showed everyone in both, then we were all on it.
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If you move in the Twittersphere, odds are you've seen a few 'retweet to win' (RT2W) contests, which might make you the proud owner of gems like this porcelain owl.
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Trump may never retweet the #WhiteGenocide or #IslamIsSatanism hashtags on his own, but his Twitter activity has added to the influence of accounts that do trade in more openly offensive content.
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" To the strangers online who took the time to retweet and relay a quick comment, Dye says "thank you" and "I will work my butt off to not let you down.
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With my Twitter and Instagram accounts, I'm a little more careful about what I post or retweet, knowing there's always a chance that someone might look at it and judge him.
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The recognition of the support, to him, is the most gratifying result (plus, Becca says, the retweet flooded the sponsorship system and 12,000 people offered to gift copies of the song).
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The test involves using a thin line to connect a quote-style retweet to the person commenting on the tweet, instead of placing the quoted tweet in a box as before.
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Albright believes this content was missed in the investigations conducted by Twitter and Instagram because reposting apps do not use the native retweet or regram features built by the platforms themselves.
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So on November 2000, she posted a tweet to her then 600 followers saying she would donate 25 cents for every "favorite" and 50 cents for every retweet the post received.
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And the general public still largely views hackers as nefarious, all-powerful cyberghosts who can reach into your computer and cause your Twitter account to retweet hardcore porn at any time.
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Milo's book deal also hasn't been confirmed by Simon & Schuster, but a page for his book does exist on the company's website and Threshold Editions did retweet the Hollywood Reporter story.
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But Stephen Colbert also had to say something about Trump's lazy retweet of Mike Pence, which added no more than a "I agree wholeheartedly!" to Pence's condemnation of the attempted attack.
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We despaired of finding solutions to the mid-CES blues, until a fateful retweet led us to the Twitter account of famous Australian, X-Man, Tony's host, and smiler, Hugh Jackman.
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Advertisers pay Twitter when an an action takes place — a retweet, a like, or click-through on a link — so certain types of bots can disrupt Twitter's business with fraudulent clicks.
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"Many of the #shirtlessshamers guys focus their criticisms not just on exposed bodies but on women receiving attention for being half naked," Lindsey wrote in a retweet on her original post.
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" While Twitter hasn't made any plans to kill off its like or retweet buttons, Dorsey has previously questioned whether having a heart-shaped "like" button is the "right thing to do.
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Trump's retweet of the article about Omar comes as he has been criticized for not sufficiently condemning anti-Muslim bias following last week's deadly shootings at two mosques in New Zealand.
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But there is nothing Trump can do to defend his decision to retweet three videos posted by Jayda Fransen, the leader of the extremist far-right group Britain First, on Wednesday.
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Conservatives were much more likely than liberals to retweet Russian trolls in the 2016 election, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Southern California released this month.
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Trump sparked outrage in Britain when, last November, he shared the anti-Muslim videos and became embroiled in a public spat with British PM May who criticised him for the retweet.
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Afterall, without the RT, we'd never know that Donald Trump is dim enough to accidentally retweet "white genocide," or that militant atheist and insufferable pedant Richard Dawkins really is that bad.
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Where some celebrities might subtly retweet an anti-immigration article, Cher nails her theses to the door of the Internet and then spins on her heel, spraying dust into the haters.
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It's easy to be the 2,000th person to retweet a headline after it's been plastered all over the nightly news; it's harder to be the only person yelling into the void.
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And if something like this retweet happens again, law enforcement would consider it "a willful and knowing violation of the law," which could get her into more trouble down the line.
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Shakir later deleted his retweet and chose instead to piggyback off a CBS reporter's video of the incident, but Biden aides moved quickly to frame Sanders' aides as doing Trump's bidding.
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Harvey said she wants people to at least know what they're sharing before they retweet, giving them the ability to make a fully informed decision to share or add additional context.
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In his message Roberts also cautioned against disinformation amplified by the internet and social media - an accusation that Trump has faced when he uses his Twitter account to retweet unfounded rumor.
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Under the Twitter model, advertisers pay to push their tweets into the feeds of users who may watch the video, retweet to their followers or click through to the advertiser's website.
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One of the big areas that is still seeing some changes are engagement buttons — that is, the options to "like" a Tweet with a heart, to reply to it, or to retweet.
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After a BuzzFeed News story uncovered the practice of tweetdecking in January, Twitter announced new spam-fighting changes to Tweetdeck, including removing the ability to simultaneously retweet a tweet across multiple accounts.
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Calling the incident a "good snapshot of how [the] press is treated by" the White House, CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta went on to retweet a video from the incident.
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All roads seem to lead back to Chris Godfrey, a creative with The&Partnership, who broke a monthslong Twitter hiatus to retweet one of the earliest mentions on Twitter about the egg.
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They posted that they are a supporter of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and retweet Infowars contributor Joseph Paul Watson, who jumped "off the Trump train" after Trump's Syria attack in April.
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Trump sparked outrage in Britain when he shared the anti-Muslim videos last November and became embroiled in a public spat with British PM Theresa May who criticized him for the retweet.
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Some of the first capabilities the company added to increase user engagement included automatic retweet buttons, embedding tools, favorite buttons and collapsible tweets meant to make it easier to view a conversation.
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If you support the #metoo movement, you're outraged by stories of sexual harassment and assault, inspired by the women who have shared them, you've got to do more than retweet a hashtag.
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THE FAR-RIGHT RETWEET Trump sparked outrage in Britain and earned a sharp rebuke from May last November when he re-posted anti-Islam videos from the far-right group Britain First.
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"People now like or retweet or basically spread information without thinking too much or the potential harm or damage they're doing to everyone," says Bronstein, pointing again to the infectious diseases analogy.
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Once a user's credentials are registered with Tweetsquad, that user will automatically follow the Twitter account of UK Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, and automatically retweet one of his "most important" tweets each week.
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When Ellen caught wind of the fact that she could be losing her world record title for most retweet to this chicken nugget lover, she knew she to put up a fight.
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" Kelly asked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to explain some of his more controversial remarks on the social media platform, including one retweet that referred to the news anchor as a "bimbo.
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Will Twitter VR create an immersive Twitter interface in which animated tweets gently float in front of your face, allowing you to like and retweet posts with an elegant, gesture-based interface?
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For instance, the app could surface a praising tweet from a customer that a business might have otherwise missed, then prompt the brand to retweet it or respond in a certain way.
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Lastly, viral posts about those with disabilities have lately been deemed "inspiration porn," mainly for the reason that they've been used to inspire a retweet or a reblog, but no actual action.
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If you support the "Me Too" movement, you're outraged by stories of sexual harassment and assault inspired by the women who shared them, you've got to do more than retweet a hashtag.
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Trump anti-Muslim retweet aftermath British Prime Minister Theresa May said it was "wrong" of President Trump to share anti-Muslim videos posted online by the "hateful" far-right group Britain First.
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The actress apologized and asked her followers not to defend her, though she continued to retweet posts from fans who did so, including one user who said her "apology is not sincere."
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Waiting, I answer a bunch of emails related to today and retweet an announcement for a "Noir at the Bar" fund-raising event I'm participating in at Kew & Willow Books in Queens.
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They include all the citizens and journalists who follow, retweet and reply to Mr. Trump — even when we do so out of shock or outrage or because his statements have news value.
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The same thing happened in March, after users got wind of a test in Twitter's semipublic prototype app twttr, referred to internally as "little t," which hid some like and retweet tallies.
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Of course, it also might be a good idea for Trump to literally never tweet again, considering he's repeatedly used the platform to retweet neo-Nazis and white supremacists and sexist remarks.
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In my New York Times career, I have seen a stray retweet of a story a month later, or an email from a reader thanking me or to heap on belated criticism.
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He announced his giveaway in a January 1 tweet, stipulating that Twitter users would need to follow and retweet him before the contest closed on January 7 in order to be eligible.
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A month after Trump's retweet, the Britain First Twitter account was suspended in a purge of far-right accounts which breached the social media platform's guidelines against posting "hateful and abusive" content.
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They include some fundamental changes to how Twitter functions, in particular how the retweet works and how freely users are able to pull others into their conversations with or without their permission.
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In December, the president issued a retweet that included the name of a person who has been rumored to be the whistleblower who in August filed the complaint about Trump's phone call.
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My mute list is a living document containing hundreds(!) of people against whom I hold no personal grudge but either tweet too much or retweet dumb shit into my feed too often.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Thursday parodied President Trump's alleged demand of loyalty from former FBI Director James Comey, comparing it to asking his chief of staff to retweet his posts.
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But within the next two weeks, Twitter will debut a series of experiments meant to calm us down — subtly motivating us to use the quote-tweet, reply, and retweet in nondestructive ways.
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A quick Twitter search reveals hundreds of interactions between the three on the platform in recent months, many of which reach huge audiences on Twitter (judging by the retweet and favorite counts).
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And if you look closely, you'll notice that this change to the interface doesn't leave any room, once you scroll past a parent tweet, for Twitter's familiar like, reply, and retweet counters.
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And I don't always feel the need, I now have to retweet someone else's interesting thing and be more interesting on top of it to justify why you're following my twitter feed.
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" Since Sunday evening the president tweeted three times about "fake news," including a retweet from an account which posted that Trump "stands strong" against the "fake news media trying to take [Trump] down.
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In 2014, Wetherell realized the retweet button was going to be a major problem when the phrase "ethics in game journalism" started pouring into a saved search for "journalism" he had on Twitter.
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Some on Twitter were appalled and perplexed by Friday's retweet by Trump, who has not sought the backing of white supremacist groups but several say his success has helped them win new supporters.
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Beyond While You Were Away, the company changed the "fave" button into a "like" button, and there are quoted tweets that can be embedded within other tweets in favor of a pure retweet.
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He charges $80 for an Instagram Stories swipe-up or a standard Twitter retweet, $100 to $150 for a quote tweet, and $150 for a tweet or a post to his Instagram feed.
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The American model, TV host and cookbook author tweeted this to her 8.3 million followers on Tuesday: I will NEVER use 280 characters nor will I favorite or retweet a tweet with them.
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The theft and appropriation of work created by people of color has always been a problem — but these days, thanks to the internet, that process can happen at the speed of a retweet.
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Salih Muslim Muhammad, who retweeted the photo, has denied any connection to the PKK, but Turkey called him "a senior leader of PKK terror group's Syrian affiliate" in its report on his retweet.
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In 2016, Wohl became an enthusiastic (and often sycophantic) supporter of Trump, replying to virtually every one of the president's tweets with fervent praise and even receiving a coveted retweet from Trump himself.
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Retweet Armageddon, as Levin explained it to me last year, was the day when Sixers fans would look back from commanding heights and shame all who had ever failed to Trust The Process.
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"This could not wait — it was from a young man named Seth, he's 16, he's in high school, and I really did retweet him... seriously, this is real," Baldwin's Trump told the camera.
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Being critical or supportive of the President online could be interpreted as campaigning, and means that even on personal time, federal employees have to be careful what they post, retweet, and even like.
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" Ken Klippenstein, a reporter with the left-leaning online news show "The Young Turks," replied to the lawmaker's tweet about Independence Day, asking, "Sir, can I get a retweet for my uncle Col.
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In contrast, if a commentator's only claim to fame is a pretty face, quick wit, and overenthusiastic use of the retweet button, they should think twice about the position of influence they seek.
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If an account violates the platform's policies, it can be placed in "read-only mode," meaning the user can view their timeline and send direct messages, but can't tweet, retweet or like content.
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Though the Reply icon is gone, the Retweet, Like (heart), and DM icons have also been refreshed, along with the Home, Search, Notifications, and DB tab icons at the bottom of the screen.
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I panic-grab my phone to delete it, rip my sweatshirt off, retweet without typo, make another sweatshirt, and set out to pretend that I never messed it up in the first place.
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It's why he can retweet white supremacists and play insult comic on the stump and encourage violence at his rallies and shrug off the brickbats of the Republican, Democratic, media, and cultural establishments.
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It's the first time we've heard someone from Twitter express regrets like this, which will likely remind you of the early Facebook employee agonistes of 2017: Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter's retweet button.
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Bloomberg Law reports that the video, which claimed Ocasio-Cortez was just trying "to get a retweet from the president" has been deleted from YouTube, but remains up on Facebook as of publication.
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We got the Speaker of the House Monday leaving Washington D.C.'s Reagan Airport and asked her about Trump's early morning retweet of a photoshopped image showing herself and Schumer in Islamic garb.
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The company told CNBC that Jones' Twitter account now has temporary "limited functionality," meaning the account can't be used to tweet or retweet, but it can still be used to read others' posts.
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The Election Label will appear on the profile page of a candidate's Twitter account and on every tweet and retweet they post to their account, even when embedded on sites off of Twitter.
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Other British politicians have since come out to criticize the decision to retweet the videos, with one British lawmaker calling for Trump's invite to visit the United Kingdom next year to be withdrawn.
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His retweet Tuesday also came after one person was killed and many more injured when a man drove his car into a crowd of people protesting the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.
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Officials say that the journalist with whom Frese was romantically linked published eight articles containing classified material accessed by Frese, one of which was linked in a retweet sent from Frese's Twitter account.
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He has continued to retweet white supremacists, make racist comments, pick unnecessary fights, contradict himself on the stump, and show an almost gleeful disinterest in building a real campaign or learning about policy.
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You might be concerned if you just saw president Donald Trump retweet this stark message from Brazoria County, a suburban area just Southeast of Houston that's home to more than 300,000 people. pic.twitter.
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The Dem leadership aide said that they will also launch a social media campaign to coincide with Mueller's testimony, in which they are asking celebrities and outside supporters to retweet passages from the report.
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On his actual first full day in office, however, President Trump reportedly had a more pressing matter: talking to the acting head of the National Park Service about a retweet that made him upset.
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" Barr&aposs controversial retweet came about five minutes after the actress appeared to seek forgiveness from fans by sharing a tweet where she said, "I&aposm making restitution for the pain I have caused.
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The competitive Trump, who frequently boasts about the mass of followers he has on Twitter (22016 million to Clinton's 210 million) and Facebook (22016 million to Clinton's 21), might be feeling some retweet envy.
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In addition to stealing people's tweets without credit, some of these accounts are known as "tweetdeckers": They team up in exclusive groups and mass-retweet one another's — and paying customers' — tweets into forced virality.
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As Gamergate unfolded, Wetherell noticed its participants were using the retweet to "brigade," or coordinate their attacks against their targets, disseminating misinformation and outrage at a pace that made it difficult to fight back.
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ET. With more than 46 million followers, Trump's audience on Twitter dwarfs that of anyone in Congress, and his total retweet count was more than four times that of his nearest rival, Bernie Sanders.
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She posted a tweet of her Perez Hilton's that asked users to retweet if they want the writers to kill Cattrall's character, Samantha Jones off, and make a third Sex and the City movie.
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Trump told ITV's Good Morning Britain show he knew nothing about the group but that he was the "least racist person that anybody's going to meet" and that his retweet was not an endorsement.
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How Joy Reid's Retweet Could Change Twitter This summer, MSNBC host Joy Reid retweeted an activist whose post alleged that a woman was berating a 14-year-old Latino boy in a racist way.
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In addition, because the usernames of those you are replying to are no longer in the tweet's text, Twitter suggests that you Retweet your reply or use Twitter's Quote Tweet feature to cite it.
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"You see a higher follower count, or a higher retweet count, and you assume this person is important, or this tweet was well received," Rand Fishkin, founder of SEO company Moz, told the Times.
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A new study from The University of Southern California and Indiana University finds that up to 15% of active Twitter accounts are bots with built-in retweet and mention strategies that target specific groups.
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Even days later, Trump had not let the issue go, claiming in a televised interview that he had the "largest crowd in history," a claim the park service retweet shows is clearly not true.
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Critics point out that many apps mimic slot machines in key ways: The chance of getting a "like," emoji, or retweet functions like the occasional payout, keeping you on your device, waiting for more.
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The social media giant that brought us such hits as the hashtag and the retweet with comment feature is back at it again with a new hotness that's sure to change the Twitter game.
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As Snapchat users continue to sign online petitions and retweet desperate pleas for the company to walk back its redesign, the company is looking to make amends with one important group of users: influencers.
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Journalist professor and all-around silly person Seth Abramson tweeted out: Please RETWEET THIS if you want Twitter to suspend Trump's account for repeated crimes, civil offenses, and violations of terms of service. pic.twitter.
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Since the accounts aren't creating tweets, there's nothing to catch in the filter, but they can still boost retweet numbers, potentially giving favored tweets an advantage in Twitter's algorithmic "You May Have Missed" section.
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The company said the updates to the Retweet feature required teamwork and collaboration across multiple teams, as the changes impacted things like the tweet detail page, timelines, accessibility features and parity across Twitter clients.
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Part of that Ratio can plausibly be explained by McCain's fanbase, who doesn't always retweet her stories but who frequently likes them or posts favorable comments like this one below: Megan's ass is perfect.
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The retweet came days after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is worried Trump may not accept the results of the 2020 election if Democrats do not beat him by a wide margin.
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Once Epstein was reportedly found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning, it didn't take long for President Trump himself to retweet a conspiracy suggesting the Clintons (Bill Clinton knew Epstein) had silenced him.
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