Meaning of quote tweet | Babel Free

Definitions

A retweet posted with additional commentary by the retweeter.

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Examples

“My most liked post is a quote tweet of the president's Arbor Day greetings in which I insinuated that shrubs should also have a holiday.”

“After being asked if she was driving, she responded with a quote tweet, saying "omg no!!! It was just my mom. My moms car. I rushed to the scene to be by her side becuz she was alone."”

“I like quote tweets and use them frequently: to tell bad jokes and scream about the news and speak possibly nonexistent small smartphones into existence.”

“Finally, a quote tweet copies the content of another tweet and allows also to add new content. A quote tweet is sometimes called a re-tweet with a comment. In this work, we simply treat all quote tweets as original tweets since they include additional information/text.”

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