it lets you express yourself in two ways (unlike on Twitter where the only option is to vote up something, and a “downvote” requires writing your own tweet expressing dislike)
Weird oversight in not observing that twitter’s retweets not only represent the question “would you recommend this to a friend”, but are also guaranteed to yield a truthful answer, because retweeting is an act of recommendation to friends, for which the user is then held accountable.
One of the other things I like about resharing is that the resultant salience is completely subjective. Users can share space even if they’re looking for different things. There can be a curator for any sense of quality.
would you recommend this to a friend”, but are also guaranteed to yield a truthful answer, because retweeting is an act of recommendation to friends, for which the user is then held accountable.
Note that even in this relatively straightforward case, the meaning of retweets can become conflated, from “I would recommend this to a friend” to “I agree with this”. I sometimes have to be careful about what I retweet because of this confusion, and things that I would otherwise recommend people read I hesitate to retweet because I don’t want people thinking I agree.
Weird oversight in not observing that twitter’s retweets not only represent the question “would you recommend this to a friend”, but are also guaranteed to yield a truthful answer, because retweeting is an act of recommendation to friends, for which the user is then held accountable.
One of the other things I like about resharing is that the resultant salience is completely subjective. Users can share space even if they’re looking for different things. There can be a curator for any sense of quality.
Note that even in this relatively straightforward case, the meaning of retweets can become conflated, from “I would recommend this to a friend” to “I agree with this”. I sometimes have to be careful about what I retweet because of this confusion, and things that I would otherwise recommend people read I hesitate to retweet because I don’t want people thinking I agree.