Comments on: Is the Retweet Button Killing Twitter? http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/social-media/is-the-retweet-button-killing-twitter Integrated Public Relations, Marketing and Social Media Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: @amaaanda http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/social-media/is-the-retweet-button-killing-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-254 @amaaanda Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:25:05 +0000 http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/?p=748#comment-254 I think the retweet button was created to effectively tie into the new corporate thing they're going for. Once companies start paying for Twitter they'll be getting analytics, and how else will twitter be able to track those metrics unless they have the function built into the system? I agree with what you say (though I tend to use the automatic retweet when I have no commentary or if the person doesn't leave room for commentary) but I'm guessing this is why they did it. I think the retweet button was created to effectively tie into the new corporate thing they’re going for. Once companies start paying for Twitter they’ll be getting analytics, and how else will twitter be able to track those metrics unless they have the function built into the system?

I agree with what you say (though I tend to use the automatic retweet when I have no commentary or if the person doesn’t leave room for commentary) but I’m guessing this is why they did it.

]]> By: keith@kendall-press http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/social-media/is-the-retweet-button-killing-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-250 keith@kendall-press Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:33:16 +0000 http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/?p=748#comment-250 Thanks for the timely topic! Just this morning, I was retweeting something I liked and I clicked that "retweet button for Dummies" and was, as usual, disappointed to find it broadcast with no chance for me to add my two cents. But today, I was bold and stepped backwards in time - to delete my retweet, then chose to copy and paste with my own short comment. Not all progress is in a linear direction. Thanks for the timely topic! Just this morning, I was retweeting something I liked and I clicked that “retweet button for Dummies” and was, as usual, disappointed to find it broadcast with no chance for me to add my two cents. But today, I was bold and stepped backwards in time – to delete my retweet, then chose to copy and paste with my own short comment. Not all progress is in a linear direction.

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