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Retweeting
The art of "retweeting" is best described as taking a twitter message someone else has posted, and rebroadcasting that same message to your followers. Retweets were another convention started by Twitter users to share tweets they found interesting, funny, or informative.
The most common format is: "RT @originaltweeter text link"
When broadcasting this message, you should give credit to the original poster. While retweeting sounds great for the original tweeter (since there is usually a link involved), retweeting can actually benefit you just as much if not more.
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