Comments on: Retweet, No FreeTweet

By: tojosan

tojosan — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:19:45 +0000

Yep, I definitely understand the locating great twitter folks from their Tweets. That's always a bonus, but often times that person isn't sharing something they created, found themselves or whatever, and doesn't need the credit. All of those RTs just clog up the content, to me make some folks look like spammers instead of contributors.

For me, I'm tagging lots of my links as FT. Meaning you can optionally just copy/paste w/out the RT markings, or RT flag it as from me.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:12:14 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and explaining your approach. Not enough folks honestly put any thought into re-tweeting something. I'd love folks to slow down a bit, verify their links, and share only the most interesting.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:19:45 +0000

For me, I'm tagging lots of my links as FT. Meaning you can optionally just copy/paste w/out the RT markings, or RT flag it as from me.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:12:14 +0000

By: rjleaman

rjleaman — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:26:23 +0000

Love the FT idea, in and of itself – “set the tweets free!” is the rallying cry, I can hear it now. Seriously, though, I wonder if this could fly. So many people get so hung up on 'credit' for these things. Which makes sense if it's a clever quip, but for just a link???

As for RT, when possible (and when time permits) I try to track back to the original tweeter and just go from there – with possibly a 'via @so-and-so' credit at the backend, because one doesn't want to look like piggy-backing on someone else's sharp eye…

oh, it's all so complicated! On the plus side, clicking backwards to find the original tweeter of a RT has resulted in finding a lot of very cool and smart folks to follow.

By: @hdbbstephen on Twitter

@hdbbstephen on Twitter — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:27:27 +0000

When I RT I generally only include (what looks like) the original Twitterer, especially if the tweet is a long one.
And frankly, all you have to do to make a “FT” is highlight the offending handles and replace the characters with FT.
Then people know it's not your tweet, and everything is good.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:44:13 +0000

Thanks Rick for chiming in.
Give more, ask less.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:43:44 +0000

Thanks Ari for jumping in.
To me RT is cumbersome, overused, and gets complicated.
I'm just advocating that folks like you and I share tweets where we don't require anyone to give credit to repost.

Dave's post is a good example.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:42:27 +0000

Julia,
You're right of course. No intention really to stop RT exactly. Just want to see it get used less and when it's not adding value.

Thanks for your feedback.

By: tojosan

tojosan — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:40:27 +0000

Thanks! Love the thoughtfulness of your reply.

Yeah, FT isn't about no RT, it's about another option.