http://manas.tungare.name/blog/retweeting-attribution-for-discovery-versus-attribution-for-creation/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/retweeting-attribution-for-discovery-versus-attribution-for-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-8909 Teo Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:34:47 +0000 http://manas.tungare.name/blog/?p=443#comment-8909 Interesting thoughts =] A good middle way is to attribute only the last person that retweeted and the original author. I wish Twitter would have foreseen 'retweeting' from the very beginning, and maybe also build the API accordingly. We know it's a retweet by the word 'RT' but that began as a user convention, unlike '@username', which is also a convention, but browser clients agree to build a link around it so you can click 'username'. Basically, what i'm saying is: why not make RT clickable as well? That could direct the user to the forest you were talking about, and maybe even navigate it interactively =] Interesting thoughts =] A good middle way is to attribute only the last person that retweeted and the original author. I wish Twitter would have foreseen ‘retweeting’ from the very beginning, and maybe also build the API accordingly. We know it’s a retweet by the word ‘RT’ but that began as a user convention, unlike ‘@username’, which is also a convention, but browser clients agree to build a link around it so you can click ‘username’. Basically, what i’m saying is: why not make RT clickable as well? That could direct the user to the forest you were talking about, and maybe even navigate it interactively =]

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