It may because qoute tweets really shouldn't be used as replies.
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I always think of them as a retweet with comment.
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After reading this thread. I'd be almost certain that the soldiers are bots. The Screamer the bot-master. No doubt there is a piece of software which is being used here to run these efforts....
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I’ve always thought of them as RTs with comment, explaining why I’m throwing others’ thoughts into my timeline. Your point makes sense, too.
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TBF, quote tweets came about because so many people were manually retweeting w/ small added bits of information. Those really did feel like retweets. But, as always, use conventions have evolved, and Twitter hasn't updated platform structure to keep up.
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Remember the good old days of mIRC when the bots, screamers, trolls and undifferentiated bindlestiffs were just as bad as they are now but less organized?
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