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Individual tweets can be forwarded by other users to their own feed, a process known as a "retweet", a term for reposting. In 2015, Twitter launched "quote tweet" (originally called "retweet with comment"), [7] a feature that allows users to add a comment to their retweet, nesting one tweet in the other. [8]
Following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk in October 2022, and rebranding of the site as "X" in June 2023, all references to the word "tweet" were removed from the service, changed to "post", and "retweet" changed to "repost". [1] The terms "tweet" and "retweet" are still more popular when referring to posts on X. [2] [3]
Twitter users may "initiate" a ratio by replying or quote retweeting a tweet with the text "ratio" in the hopes that their tweet acquires more likes and/or retweets than the tweet being replied to. They may not always succeed; a "ratio" tweet that does not achieve this is known as a failed ratio or flop.
A historical precedent to reblogging is the viral nature of e-mail, as "Internet petitions" and "chain e-mails" which encouraged e-mail users to "resend" the e-mail to at least a minimum number of contacts on one's contact list were highly popular (and highly controversial) in the 1980s and 1990s.
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. [4] [5] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" (officially "posts") and like other users' content. [6]
South Korean band BTS has posted 18 of the 30 most retweeted tweets on X (Twitter).. This list contains the top 30 posts/tweets with the most reposts/retweets (an account's post that is sent again by additional accounts without any change) on the social networking platform X, formerly and commonly known as Twitter.
TweetDeck was originally an independent Twitter client created by Iain Dodsworth. Its first version was released on July 4, 2008. [17] The iPhone version was released on June 19, 2009. In May 2010, the iPad version of TweetDeck was released after a public beta period. The Android version was made available in October 2010.
Template to display a quote tweet, i.e. a tweet that quotes another tweet. For ordinary tweets use Template:Tweet. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Align left left If set to any value, align the tweet left. Default is right-alignment. Unknown optional Display as block block Makes the template occupy space across the whole column it is in. Unknown ...