Seventeen things that people are actually saying when they retweet others – meish dot org: life, unfolding

POSTED IN del.icio.us | TAGS : retweeting, twitter, work 20 May 2009

"Retweeting (that is, repeating someone else’s tweet, with attribution) has emerged from daily twittering habits and has become part of Twitter’s cultural vocabulary. The idea of rebroadcasting something interesting/funny you’ve spotted isn’t new, and the custom of acknowledging your sources isn’t particularly revolutionary either, but what is interesting is that not all retweets (RTs) are alike." [link]