Twitter Is Replacing Retweet With Share, Adds People Tagging And Multiple Photo Sharing
Twitter is messing with its retweet button, of all things. But it's also giving more to users by adding people tagging and multiple photo sharing.
By Sadho Ram — 27 Mar 2014, 04:22 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Twitter Is Entering A New Era With An Epoch-Defining Change To What The Social Network Called One Of Its Core Features: Retweets
Some users are reporting that the retweet button inside their iOS app has become a ‘share’ button — yes, the sacred retweet button! It's appearing in both the Android and iOS apps.
CNBC’s Eli Langer first noticed tweets from users affected by the changes, who are seeing a undeniably Facebook-like experience when they try to retweet content.
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While The Actual Process Of Sharing A Tweet Remains Unchanged, Those Affected Are Being Asked Whether They Want To 'Share' Or 'Add Comment And Share'. Here Are Two Different Designs Users Have Shared:
Those affected aren’t particularly happy with the change. Twitter has historically been sensitive to user feedback — having reversed some decisions when users don’t agree — and it often tests new tweaks and changes that end up getting discarded, so it remains to be seen whether the retweet will be replaced entirely.
Some 3 Months Ago, Twitter Made Changes In Its Blocking Feature, But Users Didn't Like It And Twitter Ended Up Reversing Back To Its Original Format
The Changes Do Not Stop There, Twitter Also Announced Two New Mobile Features For Its Android And iOS Apps: Photo Tagging And Multiple Photos In A Tweet
Twitter has announced a couple of additions to its image offerings today, including the ability to tag up to 10 people in a photo without using any precious characters up. You’ll also now be able to attach up to four photos to a tweet, and Twitter will automatically craft a collage for you.
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Adding multiple photo support is cool, and it looks fairly nicely implemented. It will likely increase the number of photos shared on the service dramatically, and will assist those who use it in a news capacity. It never hurts Twitter to have more people sharing more photos.
Tagging Doesn't Affect Character Count In The Tweet: Regardless Of How Many People You Tag, You Still Have All 140 Characters At Your Disposal
This is particularly important if the feature is to be adopted: Twitter users may be more likely to use it if they don’t have to worry about character counts. That being said, getting tagged can become very annoying, so we would recommend using it sparingly.
If you get tagged in a photo, Twitter will send you a notification. As expected, you can adjust notifications, as well as who can tag you, in the service’s Settings and Privacy section. Unfortunately, the default option is set to “Allow anyone to tag me in photos.” Either of the other two options is much better, especially if you want to avoid being spammed.
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