| “ | OK, be honest, who here has ever re-tweeted a link on Twitter based on the headline and without actually reading the article it links to? | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna may or may not have done that once or twice! | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I have in the past, but am now more careful and read before retweeting. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna nope, never. I only retweet if I think it’s an unmissable article – difficult to gauge from a headline, regardless of source. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I will sometimes retweet if I like the look of the article and trust the source before actually reading it in full. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I genuinely don’t think I ever have. Definitely before fully reading it though | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I bookmark many links in twitter favourites file to read later. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I make a point to make sure the link is good before retweeting. And I do either read the article or star them to be read later. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna When training people in writing for social media I always stress the importance of describing the content in the tweet….. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna …otherwise they have no reason to open it, read it or share it. People will RT on the strength of text alone. | |||
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| “ | Do I do it? I admit I have been known to retweet @timesnewsdesk without checking the link – especially if they’re breaking a story. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Matt Drudge – the mother of all retweeters – puts links up much faster than he could have read them | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Never with one exception: opting in to @TheNextWeb’s spread.us function for Twitter news #retweetinglinks | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I’ve retweeted more than than once based on a headline! | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna not without at least skimming it | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Sometimes, but only if I know the person tweeting has a reliable track record of posting solid stories. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I very very seldom retweet without reading (usu. trusted source). Virtually always I’ll read thoroughly before RTing. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Yes, sometimes – but only If I’m sure the source wouldn’t link to garbage.. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I very very seldom retweet without reading (usu. trusted source). Virtually always I’ll read thoroughly before RTing. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna perhaps once or twice when I was young and guileless.. especially if the comment tickled a funny bone. Or my wife asked me to. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna YES! I trust the individual, recognise the validity of the story and happy to endorse their reputation, they posted orig tweet! | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna No but I have retweeted a quote without checking it was genuine. Felt very embarrassed. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Never. No way. I’d always read the link first. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna my biggest mistake, only read top part of article, retweeted, end of it had nasty content was notified deleted tweet right away | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I haven’t made the retweet without reading mistake for some time. I’d rather check it over first. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I have occasionally if I trust the tweeter and I can read the URL – don’t tend to do it any more though – not good practice | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna very rarely, but I have done it… | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I did it once and that @jonathanhaynes gave me a right telling off. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna all the time. of course. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I do it all the time | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna guiltily, perhaps once or twice, from trusted sources. That’s bad I know! | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Puffles does it all the time, but only frm sources Puffles reasonably trusts & under House Rule 3 – http://t.co/frtDSITz | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Yes. I felt shame. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Yup, definitely guilty of that | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna yeah I have – *shameface* – but from ‘good’ people if you see what I mean. I do generally go back and read after | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna yep guilty as charged! But usually know & trust author | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna yes but only from trusted sources (eg newspapers etc) | |||
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| “ | I have never done that @timesjoanna – which is why I always end up working late, I spend too much time reading articles! | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Surely if anyone says they’ve never done that then they’re lying | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Occasionally but usually only from trusted friends and with loose prior knowledge of the story, but trying to kill the habit. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Genuinely never. Will always at least have a cursory read to make sure it’s what I think it is, or looks a bit silly. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I have I fear. #smackwrist | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I haven’t, but I think it’s fairly common. | |||
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| “ | @richardtuffin @timesjoanna Sometimes because by the time I validate the article, I’ve lost the original tweet in my timeline. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna When I first started. Rapidly learned not to. Happens to me all the time tho. RTs happen within seconds of me tweeting. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I haven’t, but I know many people do since I’ve had a lot of RTs on headlines with broken links on a work account before. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna It amazes me someone hasn’t taken advantage and done a rickroll. | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna You’re suppose to click on the links? 😉 | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna Erm….. 😉 | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna yup. | |||
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| “ | aye… RT @timesjoanna: OK, be honest, who here has ever re-tweeted a link on Twitter based on the headline an… (cont) http://t.co/cxdRdTFU | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna you’re supposed to read them before retweeting? | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna guilty in the past, but now i do take time to at least scan-read a linked story before re-tweeting. Am I old-fashioned?? | |||
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| “ | @timesjoanna I try to at least skim read it, but if the text is RT-worthy, I’m more likely to read it in the first place… | |||
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