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For more information, check out our privacy policy. Written by Laura Fitton pistachio. Just see a great tweet? Sounds like you're getting the hang of how to tweet on Twitter. Now do me a favor, and don't touch that retweet button! Not yet, at least. First, let's talk about the change Twitter's made to its retweet feature -- a really good change, in our opinion. If you've clicked the retweet icon at the bottom of a tweet lately, you may have noticed the brand new "add a comment" feature, allowing you to comment on the content you're retweeting if you want.
We love the spirit of this change because it discourages blind retweeting and encourages users to add their own voice about why they're sharing that Tweet.
Before this feature existed, users had to do what's called a "manual retweet," where they'd cram both the original tweet or a modified version and any commentary into the character limit.
Now, users can embed that original tweet within their own message and then comment on it in up to characters. Now, some of you may have been avoiding this new option. Hey, I get it -- we're all busy, and skipping straight to an old-school retweet is fast and convenient.
And sometimes, that's totally OK. But if you're never taking advantage of the "add a comment" feature, then y ou're missing out the opportunity to add value to the conversion. Yes, Twitter's "retweet with comment" feature allows you to retweet with a comment up to a whopping characters.
But there is another way to retweet with a comment, although it won't allow your comment to be as many characters. It's called the manual retweet, and it looks something like this: Yes, it is! RT username: The sky is blue. In this step, you'll also want to delete the name of the user you're retweeting, add a RT in front of their username and a colon after their username, and delete any weird spacing. In other words, change this:. In this case, you'll need to manually copy and paste any link URLs from the original tweet into your new one.
Now we'll compare retweeting the old-fashioned way, which we'll refer to here as "auto retweeting," versus retweeting with a comment. How does retweeting with a comment work? What are the advantages and disadvantages of one versus the other?
Then, we'll go over the original manual retweet and recap why it's still important, how to do it, and how to decide when it's your best choice. Before we get into the nitty gritty, first thing's first: You've got to find a tweet worth retweeting. For me, it's all about my favorite Orange is the New Black actress Uzo Aduba running this year's Boston Marathon and supporting cancer research.
I loved her before, but I love her even more wanting to travel to Boston for such a noble cause -- plus, it's fun to think she'll be around my home city Anyhow, ahem. Back to business. Once you've found a tweet to retweet, the fun starts. Will you auto retweet or retweet with a comment? The first step's the same for both: Click the retweet icon at the bottom of the tweet -- you know, the one that looks like a recycle icon.
A window will pop up that looks something like this:. Now, it's time to decide whether you want to add a comment to your retweet or not. Let's take a look at what both options look like and how to do them. An auto retweet is when you retweet without adding a comment. So if you were to skip adding a comment and simply click the retweet button on the bottom right, the resulting retweet will look like this:. The addition of retweeting with a comment has not changed how these automatic retweet work, so if you dig using them, you can expect things to work as they always have.
On the other hand, if you take advantage of the "add a comment" field, the resulting tweet will look like this:. Adding that tidbit at the comment allows my followers to gain a better understanding about why I retweeted in the first place.
Note, though, that my followers are no longer able to click directly on the link that's within that original tweet. It's not blue and visibly hyperlinked anymore. Huffington Post 's profile picture is also gone.
But, rest assured, if they click anywhere in that box containing the original tweet, they'll be taken back to the original tweet itself. From there, they can click on any URL, hashtag, or username links that the original tweet contains. On the desktop site, there is no option to add a comment.
Copy and paste the content of this Tweet. Just click Tweet on your navigational bar in the top right-hand corner. It happens. To make room for your comment, try shortening or summarizing the original content of the Tweet.
Always credit the original source when sharing content. If you decide you want to undo this retweet, all you have to do is delete the Tweet. In the official Twitter mobile app, select Quote Tweet option after clicking the retweet icon. Add your comment and Tweet it. No, Twitter has a set of guidelines and best practice advice for automated actions on Twitter.
Automatic retweeting is strongly discouraged and if you are considered a nuisance by other users, i. Automatic retweeting defeats the purpose, as retweeting content is all about choosing Tweets you want to share with your own community, not overloading your followers with automatic retweets. Got any more questions about retweets? Search this site on Google Search Google. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile.
Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Daniel Nations. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Updated on September 28, Tweet Share Email. If you accidentally tap the retweet icon, tap it again to undo. What is a retweet number? How do I delete a retweet I made? How do I retweet a thread? Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Email Address Sign up There was an error.
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