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
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…
