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> I see tons of tweets from people I don't follow only because someone I followed retweeted it This is the original, only purpose of retweets, going back to b
by kevinmchugh 8y ago
> I see tons of tweets from people I don't follow only because someone I followed retweeted it
This is the original, only purpose of retweets, going back to before it was officially supported and was done manually.
Showing tweets which have been liked by accounts you follow is a much worse behavior of the app. I like indiscriminately but tweet and retweet very seldomly. There's no feature to save and show appreciation for a tweet without boosting it to my followers.
- paulgb 8y agoFavorites are useful as an "ack bit" too: indicating to someone that you've read their reply to you when you don't have anything else to add to the thread. I am more hesitant to use them that way these days.