Troubleshoot your retweets

To help you retweet with confidence, here's our FAQ for RTs.

  1. What if adding the retweeting info bumps me over 140 characters? It's OK to edit down or rewrite a message. If you change it substantially, consider using the via form described on the previous page.

  2. What if I want to add my own comment? No prob, people do it all the time. Here we've shown two easy ways to do it. Way 1: @PatEx adds a comment after the full RT. Pat uses brackets to denote the commentary. Sometimes people use a dash or a couple of slashes to create the same effect. Way 2: Tim adds a comment before the RT.

  3. Can I change the URL to make it shorter or to track it? Because the earlier Twitterer(s) may be trying to track click-throughs on the URL they posted, it's best not to change it. But it's not a big deal if you do.

  4. If the list of people who retweeted is getting too long, can I lop off some of them? Yes. Ideally give credit to the first and last person in the chain (RT @first via @last).

Troubleshoot your retweets

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