In all honesty, it’s more of a minor annoyance. I occasionally visit timelines of people who retweet themselves daily for no apparent reason. I should have been more specific because I do understand why people would retweet certain tweets to revisit a topic.
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I agree the reason might not be readily apparent in those cases ... but it seems plausible to me the person might have some sort of reason or another, and I feel like it would hard to evaluate if the self-retweeting is bad without (at least) knowing the thinking of the person
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Replying to @briandavidearp @mjaeckel
Difference between retweeting a tweet minutes later and retweeting after some dialogue and providing new commentary. What is possible reason for the former (and likely the reason for the annoyance).
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I can think of several reasons off the top of my head, but it might be more useful to ask a person who regularly retweets after a few minutes what their thinking is. But supposed there were no compelling (to others) reason. What would be the harm?
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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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Replying to @briandavidearp @mjaeckel
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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Replying to @gangliah @briandavidearp
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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Replying to @briandavidearp @gangliah
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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