Quote Tweets Have Turned Us All Into Jerks
How social media design choices help us shame each other
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4 min readNov 9, 2020
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Launched in 2015, Twitter’s retweet with comment or “quote tweet” feature is now pro forma. Those of us on Twitter quote tweet for all kinds of reasons — to recommend a great podcast, amplify other voices, dunk on political opponents, or share cat videos with approving heart emojis. Quote tweets…
