Comments on: How Much Value Is In A ReTweet? http://www.jonbishop.com/2009/05/how-much-value-is-in-a-retweet/ Social Media, WordPress and Web Development Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jon Bishop http://www.jonbishop.com/2009/05/how-much-value-is-in-a-retweet/#comment-6213 Jon Bishop Mon, 11 May 2009 20:24:42 +0000 http://www.jonbishop.com/?p=496#comment-6213 @sameve Thanks for your comment. I think ReTweets do a good job of spreading information easily but I think FriendFeed's 'like' feature is a lot closer to how it should actually work. However, I think Twitter is too far into it's life to change. I am still hopeful that people might put more thought into what and how they are sharing their information in the future. @sameve Thanks for your comment. I think ReTweets do a good job of spreading information easily but I think FriendFeed’s ‘like’ feature is a lot closer to how it should actually work. However, I think Twitter is too far into it’s life to change. I am still hopeful that people might put more thought into what and how they are sharing their information in the future.

]]> By: Sam http://www.jonbishop.com/2009/05/how-much-value-is-in-a-retweet/#comment-6212 Sam Mon, 11 May 2009 20:07:17 +0000 http://www.jonbishop.com/?p=496#comment-6212 Jon, you raise some very interesting points. Personally, I'm a fan of RTs when I read something that I feel deserves attention. But, the 140 characters are limiting and don't exactly encourage discussion. I will definitely check out both of the other options you mention here, so thanks for sharing them, and great post! Jon, you raise some very interesting points. Personally, I’m a fan of RTs when I read something that I feel deserves attention. But, the 140 characters are limiting and don’t exactly encourage discussion. I will definitely check out both of the other options you mention here, so thanks for sharing them, and great post!

]]> By: Mike Langford http://www.jonbishop.com/2009/05/how-much-value-is-in-a-retweet/#comment-6200 Mike Langford Mon, 11 May 2009 15:01:46 +0000 http://www.jonbishop.com/?p=496#comment-6200 John, Thank you very much for the sharing this valuable usage of Tweetworks. Retweeting certainly has its place and we all do it when we see something that we think others might enjoy a certain post. I am fond of retweeting funny things, upcoming events or people's requests for crowd sourced contributions. But, as you've mentioned in your post, what is most valuable to a person is a continuation of dialogue. Most of us are tweeting to engage others in conversation about a topic that interest us at the moment. Using tools like Commentwitter or Tweetworks can help facilitate this goal in a way that a simple restatement of the original post (retweet) cannot do alone. John,

Thank you very much for the sharing this valuable usage of Tweetworks. Retweeting certainly has its place and we all do it when we see something that we think others might enjoy a certain post. I am fond of retweeting funny things, upcoming events or people’s requests for crowd sourced contributions.

But, as you’ve mentioned in your post, what is most valuable to a person is a continuation of dialogue. Most of us are tweeting to engage others in conversation about a topic that interest us at the moment. Using tools like Commentwitter or Tweetworks can help facilitate this goal in a way that a simple restatement of the original post (retweet) cannot do alone.

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