Comments on: “Please Retweet”, “Please RT” & “PLZ RT” please STOP!

By: CheShA

CheShA — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:24:11 +0000

I have a half-jokey list which I put offenders on, “Naming and shaming those who ‘PLZ RT’”. Most people see the humour behind it, which is good. But there’s a serious message here, too people: IFF the content is such that it merits distribution it will get RTed; if it isn’t, it won’t. Asking for RTs is no substitute for making sure the content your posting is genuinely useful, interesting or funny, and that makes your ‘plz rt’ seriously unsightly and very bad form.

By: Silran666

Silran666 — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:59:56 +0000

Great blog Joel, couldn’t agree with you more, the message is the medium and it should have it’s own weight and merit when it comes to having it RT’d, it’s the great thing about twitter as a medium of information dissemination. “Begging for it,” (the RT) seems to say, “I’m not sure my content can stand on it’s own two feet.” Certainly sometimes it can be useful to ask for an RT (Yellow Alerts) but that should be few and far between. Great job!

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By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:25:32 +0000

Joel,
Understand this complexity completely as explained by you some months ago! LOL! I am in the fold, I don’t like the PLZ RT, please retweet, OR RT! I RT so often, as long as I believe in the content, and IF the content is good. I have learned to always follow the link and read it in it’s entirety before I RT it, but it all goes back to many of your other followers…if it has good content, it will be re tweeted, regardless.

Here’s another one for you…I am really tired of the automated tweets which send out quotes every five minutes, and the ones that say the same thing, day after day, BUY ME, BUY ME!! If you care enough about your product, put in the time and get more personal with your followers, tweet with them once in a while! I am turned off by these PPL and their businesses! Woops, I’m beginning to sound like you! hehehe

By: merlinvicki

merlinvicki — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:36:23 +0000

Whats your problem anyway if anybody asks for RT. I had to unfollow you anyways because of the enourmous spam you keep tweeting everyday.

By: Danny Brown

Danny Brown — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:46:27 +0000

I think it can depend on context. Too much for no reason is over the top. But for a charity, an Amber alert, an emergency – I don’t see the problem with asking for a RT.

And remember, you always have the UnFollow option if anything is too annoying.

By: Czarina Cleopatra

Czarina Cleopatra — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:08:53 +0000

Yawn, sizzling topic here… LOL… K, honestly I haven’t encountered a ‘please RT – tweet’. I re-tweet interesting stories/article. I’m a bit biased ‘coz I also consider the person who ‘tweet’ the story. So even if I was tweeting for some time now, I only have few people on my list.

My side:
1. I check stories tweet/RT from people I respect and admire.
2. I re-tweet stories that touch my interest.

Content is still king.