Retweeting. How it all started and a few Guidelines.

Brief History
Evidence of Retweets are found as far back as 2007, but the "retweet" phenomenon really took off early march 2008, at which point a consensus slowly developed among Twitter users.

For the unitiated user it works this way. "User A which was considered notable by another Twitter user, User B, was copied by User B and reposted under User B's account and prepended with "RT @username", with "RT" meaning retweet. (Wikipedia)





A few retweeting guidelines.

1. Credit the original author of the tweet everytime, by using “RT @username:” at the beginning of the tweet or  “@username)”, at the end of the tweet. You might have the original tweeter at the start and the retweeter at the if there's enough characters. Optionally you might use (via @username @username)
2. Do check validity of links. You never ever want to RT junk.
3. If the tweet is too many characters, try to edit out unimportant words or use abbreviations > abbr.
4. You MIGHT want to add a personal comment to the tweet, even if it’s just a single word as it shows that you’ve read and value the tweet. e.g. [lmao]
5. Don’t send retweet after retweet. Mix it up with your own stuff. You don't want to be labeled a retweet spammer. And please no "PLS RT THIS"

You as the Original tweeter.
Your tweets might be from time to time be the source of a RT madness and if that's something to desire remember it can be a good idea to save around 25 characters for the retweeter to include name and that added comment. Chances also increases if you use relevant #HASHTAGS Now. Retweet this :D

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