#HootTip: Change your Re-Tweet Style on the Fly
With so many features in the HootSuite dashboard, even experienced users can have a tough time staying up to date with all the ways to monitor and engage on the social web.
Each #HootTip will help you explore the handy tools and powerful features in HootSuite to help you along the path to Owl-hood.
Change Re-Tweet Style on the Fly
Re-Tweets are a great way to share the messages you enjoy and build your network by amplifying the best things you see on Twitter. But with 2 types of Re-Tweets, how do you choose which one fits your message best?
The answer is both thanks to HootSuite’s new hybrid Re-Tweet function.
HootSuite allows you to set a RT preference between “old-school” RTs — which allow you to edit and add your thoughts — and automatic “web native” RTs as seen on Twitter web.
Now, we’ve gone even further with an on-the-fly choice of Re-Tweet styles for each message.
Here’s how:
- Click the Re-Tweet option at the top right of any Twitter message to see a small dialog box asking “Re-Tweet to your followers?”
- Click “Yes” – to use the automatic Twitter-style Re-Tweet
- Or click “Edit” to copy to the compose window and add some thoughts of your own
Try adding a note of your own using the old school RTs, or go for the new style and automatically re-broadcast to your followers. Either way, you’ll quickly see how RTs of any kind can help you participate in the social conversation.
Like many updates, we’ve added this industry-unique feature based on your helpful feedback. What’s your next idea?
Keep an eye out for a new #HootTip each week – they’re short, sweet and Re-Tweetable so you can share your HootSuite expertise with your friends and followers. Some lucky RTers may just find themselves with a #HootKit… it’s our way of saying “thanks for spreading the word.”
Thank you very much for adding this option! Very helpful!
For this option to show up, you must have the “Use Twitter Web retweets” checked in your preferences. If left unchecked, you do not get the option but are forced to use only the old retweet style.
I don’t see this option on my dashboard using either Chrome or Firefox. I’m really looking forward to this feature as HootDroid has had this option/prompt for some time now.
I just checked it out. @vmdoug, it’s not on your dashboard. It’s in the box that asks if you want to “Retweet your followers?” You have the choice of “yes” or “edit”. Great feature – I am glad to know about now.
I don’t see the option when I click on the RT option icon on the tweets… not there.
Please turn on “web RT style” in your preference, then you’ll see the choice.
Sweet! Thanks for adding this feature
I’m not getting it either in Safari. Love it in HootDroid. I tried logging out & back in. Maybe you need to have the paid version.
Wohooo! finally!
Sweet! Thanks for the update.
Very cool! The one thing I really missed in Hootsuite! Thank you very much.
Oh! There’s just one other thing I’d like to have: A setting for RT-style. I would prefer to use ~ instead of “RT” – it saves a character…
WOW! Fantastic! I was waiting for this feature!
They do work. Make sure you have your ‘retweets’ setting ticked on the settings page. If this isn’t ticked it won’t be an option.
You need to enable new-style RTs in your Preferences. Then you’ll be able to see it ;)
I’ve always wanted to add a comment or two before I retweet. Thanks for making that option available.
Any integration w/ the mobile apps? iphone? android? Is there any way to “web-RT” in mobile apps anyways? thanks!
THANK YOU!! i had tweeted about that a few times. That was one of the only things I still liked about TweetDeck was to edit my RT from the browser/app. It’s always worked good from iPhone so had wondered when the browser version would catch up!!
I like how you guys just SNUCK that change in! I almost didn’t even notice this evening!
THANKS!!! I do often want to add a comment, and this makes it SO much easier!
FINALLY!! thank you thank you thank you!
Thanks for adding this feature. I have been waiting for it to arrive. I now get the choice on how to handle my RTs.
Rob
I just wish the predictive twitter handle function in update replies would be fixed. It is and #EPIC #FAIL to have to type in twitter nicks manually. The Tweetdeck functionality of just clicking is much superior for this….
Not sure what’s not working for you as that feature is working as expected. Keep in mind, you can also drag and drop avatars into the message box to reply to many quickly.
whoch App on ipad?
please to log in via twitter, i forgot how i logged im at your website long ago (sorry, i hate all this typing such infos in fields with too small characters, if i enlarge, lines get too long sideways a it’s NOT NOCE,).
if you have a iphone-version i would like to use it with iphone AND ipad, then everything is big enough for my old/tired eyes.
can you help??
:-)
i really like your work. thanks
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t: @VeraFBirkenbihl
Thanks for your feedback.
Super! Thanks for your feedback.
like it!! great idea, thank you
this function appeared to me as default, and i have to confess that i’m really enjoying it, having to re-build the tweet in a very weird way to just add something it was very weird.
Doesn’t show up in the chrome web app
Nevermind… I had to make the changes to my settings through the plain website in order for it to show up in the chrome app. Didn’t seem to work through the settings dialog in the app.
Great option! I Love it!!
It would be great if Hootsuite gave the option to *schedule* Twitter-style (new) RTs too….
Agree. Hoping for that feature