A new pet peeve. People who like or retweet their own recent tweets. I don’t get it and I’m not sure I want to.
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That’s a fair point. I don’t want to make anyone self-conscious or defensive, but it would be interesting to understand the reasoning behind retweeting a picture of lunch within hours of first tweeting about said lunch.
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I can only speculate. But why would someone share picture of lunch 2 begin w? I guess bc they r keen 2 have others see what they had (maybe it was an especially nice meal & they are wanting to share their enjoyment w wider community). If so, an RT hours later furthers same goal
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I suppose that could be true. I may just have to ignore it. Live and let live.
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I guess my feeling is, underneath all this, there is a pervasive sense of loneliness in the world & people sometimes boost a signal, however trivial, to say “I’m here, I exist!” and just hope they will be noticed or receive some response. If so, problem may b deeper than RT norms
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I totally agree. When you’re feeling alone, it does help to see a like or retweet to make you feel a bit more connected to others.
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Whoever said it was harmful?
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I meant what’s the harm as a colloquial way of asking, what would be the badness of this (i.e., as a cause for annoyance)?
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I am a twitter novice but it seems like that is there for others to retweet what someone else tweeted or to provide further commentary on a prior comment. So, perhaps it is not unreasonable to find the practice a bit.... self-serving and annoying?
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I must admit that I may be a bit grumpier and less tolerant than usual due to seasonal blues. I just find it slightly narcissistic when someone routinely likes or retweets their own tweets about the minutiae of everyday life such as lunch pictures.
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So it’s an inference about the person’s character? Self-RT presumed to imply obsessive or disproportionate valuation of oneself & one’s own needs over others (or to detriment of others), so annoyance is response 2 inferred narcissism?
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To some extent, I suppose. Narcissism may not be a good choice — attention-seeking behavior may be more apt.
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That may be so - but people seek attention for all kinds of reasons, including feelings of loneliness or isolation.
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