Do You Retweet or Re-Tweet?

The difference explained

The fundamental difference between a retweet and a re-tweet is more than just a hyphen.

IfX (formerly Twitter)had a dictionary, they’d have completely distinct definitions too.

Here’s the difference between the two terms.

What Is a Retweet?

Aretweetis an integral X function.

It was oncejargon used by X usersand is now a permanent action in the social media platform’s interface.

To retweet is to re-post what someone else tweets.

The reason why someone retweets is to share something they think is worth sharing with their followers.

It might be an article or a good quote.

Here are a couple of examples of manually written retweets:

To “re-tweet” is to recycle your own message.

There’s no associated X button or a special way to do it.

It’s just a way to define which version of the jargon requires a hyphen.

For example, many businesses post several articles per week on their blogs.

you’ve got the option to schedule the tweets that promote those articles ahead of time.

Not everyone is looking when the first tweet goes out.