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How would you know if you cared, if you didn't know about them? Besides, if there were a "like" button, it'd have the same effect since it would most likely sh

How would you know if you cared, if you didn't know about them? Besides, if there were a "like" button, it'd have the same effect since it would most likely show up in your timeline. A private "like" button? They have that as "favorite". Ultimately, the re-tweet makes it easier to discover new people within your network. If you're into design, and you're following other designers, chances are they're following other great designers, and you can find about these other people through the re-tweet. I'd say it's an (accidental) feature that was very important for twitter's success, and it's further validated by the fact that the re-tweet was brought upon by the users themselves.

gaius 16y ago
Why would you care what someone you've never met's having for breakfast? Unless they were a famous chef maybe. Likes on FB don't show on the newsfeed, only the person whose thing you liked gets a notification.
- lovskogen 16y ago
  I only RT tweets related to my work, which is interactive design, gui, webdev . People following you that doesn't know you in person, probably follows you because of the stuff you do (work) not who you are (personal). This is proper use of RT, in my opinion. Tagging a tweet as 'fav' doesn't show as clear as FBs like button. And it's more for saving good tweets, not sending 'I like this'. Likes shouldn't come up in your timeline. This is Twitter, not FB. There is room for this functionality, but it's not there. So for now, just @-reply and tell the persons in person, instead of a like-click. Gives more value.
- gaius 16y ago
  Looks like I've offended some twittards, lol
klous 16y ago
The favorite button in twitter isn't really private. All of your favorites are publicly viewable, by anyone. http://twitter.com/insert_twitter_name/favorites http://twitter.com/insert_twitter_name/favorites
- jmonegro 16y ago
  True, but then again facebook's likes are not private either (nothing about facebook is, these days).

gaius 16y ago

Why would you care what someone you've never met's having for breakfast? Unless they were a famous chef maybe. Likes on FB don't show on the newsfeed, only the person whose thing you liked gets a notification.

lovskogen 16y ago
I only RT tweets related to my work, which is interactive design, gui, webdev . People following you that doesn't know you in person, probably follows you because of the stuff you do (work) not who you are (personal). This is proper use of RT, in my opinion. Tagging a tweet as 'fav' doesn't show as clear as FBs like button. And it's more for saving good tweets, not sending 'I like this'. Likes shouldn't come up in your timeline. This is Twitter, not FB. There is room for this functionality, but it's not there. So for now, just @-reply and tell the persons in person, instead of a like-click. Gives more value.
gaius 16y ago
Looks like I've offended some twittards, lol

klous 16y ago

The favorite button in twitter isn't really private. All of your favorites are publicly viewable, by anyone. http://twitter.com/insert_twitter_name/favorites http://twitter.com/insert_twitter_name/favorites

jmonegro 16y ago
True, but then again facebook's likes are not private either (nothing about facebook is, these days).