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Strange Retweet

Discussion in 'Twitter' started by Frank306090, May 26, 2016.

  1. #1
    Please have a look on this:

    https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz/status/735800473131712516

    Caroll Anne answers with a retweet, which is no retweet.

    It's no normal Twitter Card effect either, cause there is no possibility to tweet this article from the original (there is no tweet link, at least I don't see one):

    https://hbr.org/2016/05/research-the-link-between-feeling-in-control-and-viral-content

    So I wonder, how did she do this strange retweet? Do you know?
     
    Frank306090, May 26, 2016 IP
  2. Frank306090

    Frank306090 Greenhorn

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    #2
    To make it more understandable:

    On the profile page of Carol Anne it looks like a Twitter Card tweet (except, above is written: In reply to Harvard Biz Review)

    But, clicking on the tweet comes the surprise (it appears as a reply!):

    https://twitter.com/dream2screen/status/735801035491418112
     
    Frank306090, May 26, 2016 IP
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    And_The-Teddy_Bach Member

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    #3
    I don't see the problem? She might me just an experienced Twitter user and will know that a reply might appear in your feed. So instead of clicking the retweet button, she just left a comment and changed the structure. If you check out the status again, I've done the exact same thing. Nothing strange, just a trick.
     
    And_The-Teddy_Bach, Jun 4, 2016 IP
  4. Frank306090

    Frank306090 Greenhorn

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    ok, ok, but her reply looks like a Twitter Card tweet, yours not, why? - that's my question
     
    Frank306090, Jun 4, 2016 IP
  5. And_The-Teddy_Bach

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    #5
    Got it. So basically, here is what you have to do. You reply and add the original link to the tweet. Now it worked, if you check their tweet again, I am also in the reply section with the same card. It is probably part of Twitter's recent updated to exclude links from the character count. Just an assumption.
     
    And_The-Teddy_Bach, Jun 5, 2016 IP
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    Frank306090 Greenhorn

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    Thanks for your support. I appreciate it very much. [It seems that a newbie can't give a "like", otherwise I'll would give you one for your problem soving effort...]
     
    Frank306090, Jun 5, 2016 IP
  7. And_The-Teddy_Bach

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    No problem dude. It made me really try to solve the problem, because I was curious about how she did it. :D
     
    And_The-Teddy_Bach, Jun 7, 2016 IP
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    #8
    I read somewhere the same thing that they "twitter" don't county links/images in their 140 character limit but I don't think that this change has implemented yet.
     
    rf-harris, Jun 16, 2016 IP