+- Twitist Forums (http://twitist.com)
+-- Forum: Twitter forums (/forum-1.html)
+--- Forum: Twitter abbreviations (/forum-4.html)
+--- Thread: Can someone explain to me what retweeting on twitter means? (sorry...kinda new to twitter)? (/thread-34034.html)
Can someone explain to me what retweeting on twitter means? (sorry...kinda new to twitter)? - Maggot2Dope - 11-09-2012 07:02 PM
Thanks...
- Chris Di giovanni - 11-09-2012 07:11 PM
RT stands for "ReTweet." To retweet someone's tweet/message is to share their tweet with your own Twitter followers.
When you come across an interesting tweet and you want to help it spread - you retweet it.
There's usually a ReTweet button next to each Tweet, so you can usually just click that.
The syntax of a ReTweet is the abbreviation "RT" or the word "Retweet" followed by the username of the person who tweeted it (e.g @User) and then the content of the actual tweet.
Full example:
You see the following Tweet from @hagoleshet
Found a great site for getting great answers: Answers.com!
You ReTweet it as:
RT @hagoleshet Found a great site for getting great answers: Answers.com!
You may also modify the original tweet to make it more interesting for your followers, or because the addition of RT + username makes it longer than the permitted 140 characters. In order to make everything fit, you may need to omit words or use shorter synonyms or abbreviations.
You can also add your own comments to the beginning or end, such as
I love it too! RT @hagoleshet Found a great site for getting great answers: Answers.com!
or
RT @hagoleshet Found a great site for getting great answers: Answers.com! | Yeah, it's gr8!