What is retweet?

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Retweet/Retweeting

To "retweet" is to repeat/quote someone's tweet. Usually when you come across and interesting tweet and you want to publish it as your own tweet so that people who follow you see it too - you retweet it.
The syntax of your tweet should start with the abbreviation RT or the word Retweet followed by the username of the person who tweeted it (e.g @User) and then finish with the content of the actual tweet.

Full example:

RT @hagoleshet Wikianswers.com is a great tool for getting excellent answers for any question you have!

First answer by Hagoleshet. Last edit by Hagoleshet. Contributor trust: 254 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 8 [recommend question]

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