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ReTweet Research Techniques. Case Study.

Twitter ReTweet research techniques.

Herer is a detailed discussion by MG Siegler (@techcrunch) about recent new Twitter features, including the much talked about "retweet" button.

If you find yourself copying other people's Twitter messages and reposting them with such codes as "retweet" or "RT", you may be a Retweetist. Don't worry, you are not alone. In fact so many people are RT'ing that we can use this to see what are some of the most valued topics out there. Be a Retweetist today and retweet about it!

Wondering to tweet or not? retweet or not? Tadvise can help you! Tadvise is an advisor and assistant for Twitter. It analyses your followers and also the followers of your followers and reports you if the tweet that you are going to send is interesting (or relevant) for them or not. It also recommends you several followers, who can efficiently retweet your tweet... plus more features... Tadvise aims to boost collaboration by encouraging users to (re)tweet worthy items and thus helping you to get only appropriate stuff.

Science of retweets. Fascinating statistical study of re-tweeting.

Hashtags: Name, origin, usage, placement, twittiquete, retweeting & directories

Here is a more detailed analysis of re-tweets on Twitter by Dan Zarrella. He has used a larger dataset and a number of interesting linguistic tools.

Vizify's TweetSheet showcases revealing details from your tweetstream, including: top followers, geographic impact, most-retweeted posts, and more.