Do you drop gems on Twitter, but don’t have the retweets to prove it? How do you get attention when no one’s checking for you? Don’t worry, Twitter’s got you covered. With its latest update, you can do bad (or good) all by yourself.
Tuesday afternoon, Twitter opened Pandora’s Box.
Now you can easily Retweet or Quote Tweet yourself with just a few taps. Pick an old favorite and give it a try! 🔄https://t.co/bUj4ezQNOJ
— Twitter (@twitter) June 14, 2016
People didn’t know how to feel. On one hand, it’s every narcissists’ dream come true. But on the other, it could amplify the worst of the worst online. User reactions were all over the place.
1. First of all …
2. With great power comes great responsibility.
“just because you can rt yourself now does NOT mean you need to go rt all your tweets. get it together.” pic.twitter.com/Aoua88Z3jU
— wine mom (@yourlru) June 14, 2016
3. Self-retweets can be a double-edged sword.
Me after hearing I could RT myself VS. Me after seeing everyone else heard they can RT themselves too pic.twitter.com/vzMMCqFwgS
— NAPPYHEADEDHU$$Y (@AngelicaJoy__) June 14, 2016
4. How long before you start using your retweets for evil?
Self retweets boutta be the worst thing on my tl
— Jordan (@JordanKhari) June 14, 2016
5. Is the Twitter apocalpyse near?
Self retweets will end Twitter
— Joaquin (@jlopezwatson) June 14, 2016
6. Or is it already too late?
Where were self retweets when I was doing 3’s 2 summers ago?
— Anthony Woods (@Kanyeisdad) June 14, 2016
7. New Twitter, who dis?
Me now that I can retweet my own tweets. pic.twitter.com/Qg2t6TUDib
— ️ (@giveyouIife) June 14, 2016
8. So it’s time to step your promo game up!
Twitter done let people take their “Promoting Skills” to an all time high with these self retweets.
— Tevin Durant (@TevinKnowsBest) June 14, 2016
y’all… shameless self promotion is now available as retweets …. finally
— faith (@drifblimite) June 14, 2016
9. Why do I need you, when I have me?
When no one retweets you and you realize you can retweet yourself now pic.twitter.com/AWftCBQUGM
— ✨ (@The__Prototype) June 14, 2016
*retweets myself*
“ok what did i just do”
“GURRRL DID I RLY TWEETED THAT”
“yes boo let’s just unfollow everyone” pic.twitter.com/HeTuYPZv9y
— R.L (@radhlinden) June 15, 2016
10. All in all, this will result in overcrowded timelines.
My TL now that people can RT themselves pic.twitter.com/eF76ZFEODU
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 15, 2016
11. Let’s be honest, self-retweeting is really for people who also like their own Facebook statuses.
12. So at the end of the day, do we really need it?
13. Take heed dear friends.
Okay look y’all…don’t overdo the self-retweets BUT definitely take advantage of it, because it lowkey makes sense in some aspect(s)
— Dionté (@RealisticViews) June 15, 2016
