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If you change someone’s tweet, please use MT to indicate that it was a modified tweet, not a RT: bit.ly/qe9daK half a minute ago via Tweetbot for iOS
@alan_mather consider yourself what you like. There is established etiquette & ethics here. Sarcasm doesn’t change either. 8 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to alan_mather
@alan_mather I’m not your “buddy.” with native RT, you don’t have to fit in 140. If you do manually change someone’s words, indicate you did 13 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to alan_mather
Congrats, all! RT @EllnMllr Winners of the inaugural Data Journalism Awards announced bit.ly/L6jTzR 15 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS
@alan_mather so open data = open gov? And it’s ok for an analyst to change the words of others to that effect without indication? 17 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to alan_mather
@AndreaDiMaio easy there. I didn’t say that you’d misquoted anyone. You did change a tweet without indicating it with an MT. Moving on. 18 minutes ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to AndreaDiMaio
@sanchezjb this isn't "original RT" -- it's the native RT @Twitter built into the API about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to sanchezjb
@AndreaDiMaio For context on why this matters, read this post on online trust & misquotation on Twitter: bit.ly/qe9daK about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to AndreaDiMaio
@AndreaDiMaio I'm certain you can natively RT tweets from the @Twitter BlackBerry app. As for "changing title," do you mean words in tweets? about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to AndreaDiMaio
'deja vu, all over again' RT @SunFoundation Bulk Access Developments after the House Approps Hearing snlg.ht/Jz9oQp #opendata #opengov about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
Then put a Band Aid on your eponym. RT @palafo Xerox it. RT @davewiner New motto: Tweets are like Kleenex. Remember that. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
@peterc I would have been quite out of place on the #FluentConf stage, unless I was the one asking questions. :) about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck in reply to peterc
@furrier Dave described "tech conferences" as a whole. There was no nuance in his tweet, such as you've just introduced on his behalf. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to furrier
@chrisbrogan And now I want steamed crab. If you ever want a primer in cracking crustaceans, let me know. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to chrisbrogan
@AndreaDiMaio Twitter added a native RT button many months ago. Easy to use to reshare a tweet as is. If you change it, use MT to show it. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to AndreaDiMaio
@AndreaDiMaio Then they're doing it incorrectly as well. If you RT someone, expectation is that text after RT @name is unchanged. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to AndreaDiMaio
@davewiner When was the last time you went to an @OReillyMedia conference? Lots of coders on stage at @OSCON, @StrataConf or @FluentConf. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to davewiner
RT @zephoria "If you use [Facebook]… you should be prepared to be used. It’s the nature of the beast that is Facebook" nyti.ms/N45Tr5 about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
@ntunney Should be safe here. Bike ride postponed, though. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ntunney
#DC, PA & MD: Batten down your hatches! Severe weather inbound: 1.usa.gov/dtMqGz …including #tornado warnings. Be safe. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

Name Alex Howard
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Bio Washington Correspondent, @Radar, @OReillyMedia. alex@oreilly.com. Intrigued by societal change, taken with ideas, cooking, the outdoors, books, dogs & media.