quote tweet

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A quote tweet (also known as a "retweet with comment") is a reply on Twitter to an original tweet that displays the entirety of the original in a reply-context below the reply text.

Quote tweet is available in the Twitter UI as an option inside their "retweet" button.[1]

Examples

With reply text commentary:

• https://twitter.com/kfury/status/661738224969121792

reacjweet:

• https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/661802300407545856

Backfeeding

If someone posts a quote tweet in response to a POSSE tweet copy of one of your posts, it makes sense to backfeed it to your original like any other @-reply tweet.

Bridgy support

Bridgy does support backfeeding quoted tweets. Add your examples / opinions to the feature request:

• https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy/issues/504

Articles

Articles about quote tweets and similar constructs:

• 2015-05-22 Kevin Marks Mentions as quotes

See Also

• Twitter
• quotation
• reply
• response
• context collapse
• dunking
• Possibly one of the highest quoted tweets: https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1296134869320380419
  • "California is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity.
    
    Biden/Harris/AOC want to make CA’s failed energy policy the standard nationwide.
    
    Hope you don’t like air conditioning!" @tedcruz August 19, 2020
• https://zirk.us/@dambaras/109688319689305074
  • "#quotetweets #QuoteToots #quoteTweeting
    Quoting @darius :
    Whoa, cool blog post summarizing a bunch of available studies on quote tweeting behavior -- research that I was unaware existed!https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/No silver bullets that will end any debates here but, you know, here's some data at leasthttps://friend.camp/@darius@friend.camp/109683021986635441" @dambaras January 14, 2023
• Brainstorming: Proposal for a multi-quote-tweet (AKA MultiQT or Multi-QT) : 2021-11-30 The next step for Twitter: Multi-Quote-Tweet — specifically for writing a tweet that compares two or more other tweets, side by side, or one on top of another. Includes screenshots of a proposed authoring UI for a MultiQT