Here’s the thing about favoriting tweets – it’s kind of a personal thing. I know ‘personal’ and ‘Twitter’ don’t really meld, but bear with me. There are many reasons why someone would favorite a tweet. Maybe they like it, maybe…
Man Offers to Shoot Someone for 100 Retweets, Promptly Arrested
The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a 20-year-old man for making criminal threats after he tweeted that he would shoot someone if he received 100 retweets. “100 RTs and I’ll shoot someone walking,” tweeted Dakkari Dijon McAnuff alongside the…
Ellen Breaks Twitter Record At Oscars
A tweet from Ellen DeGeneres during the Oscars on Sunday night – a photo of her with eleven other celebrities from the audience (taken by Bradley Cooper) has set a new record for retweets. It even crashed Twitter at one…
A Guy Ran Onto the Field at the All-Star Game Because He Got 1,000 Retweets
This is Twitter user @MasoneDylan: (image) This is Twitter user @MasonDylan promising to run across the field at Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star game if he gets 1,000 retweets: 1000 RT's and ill run across the field.. #ASG #CitiField — dyl…
Apple’s @iBookStore Account Retweets Salty Tweet
In what is most likely a case of the ol’ personal vs. business Twitter account login switcheroo, Apple’s official iBookstore Twitter account retweeted and then quickly removed a tweet containing an obscene phrase. Early Monday morning, the official @iBookstore account…
Retweets Do Not Equal Clicks, According to Study
Good news – your tweet exploded across the Twitterverse! Hundreds of people retweeted your latest article, how awesome is that! Although social media can drive plenty of traffic to your site and you should always be happy when your content…
Wendy’s Snatches The Golden Tweet Award
Twitter’s annual Year In Review rolled out in stages this year, first giving us the year in Twitter stories and following that up with stats about the new additions to the Twitter community as well as top hashtags, topics, and…
Twitter Adds Comment Feature To Retweets
You know how before when you retweeted something, it just tweeted out the exact tweet you were retweeting unless you quoted it yourself and added something that the 140-character limit would allow you to squeeze in? Twitter is now making…