Author
of this proposal: Christoph Wagner
original idea: Corax
In 140 characters:
RT-OAI is a simple way to identify the Original Account that posted a RT'ed link by putting his name+RT or via in brackets: [RT @nickname]
Description:
After a Tweet gets ReTweeted multiple times, it's near impossible to find out who originally tweeted it without research. Until we have a different way for RT's to work at least the origin can be retraced.
Details and Use Cases:
RT-OAI is very simple to use. Simply enclose "RT @nick" in brackets whenever you RT an original (not retweeted) tweet. Clients could scan for the occurrence of "RT" or "via" to decide when to use RT-OAI.
Examples
cwagner: [RT @coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee
twitgeridoo: RT @cwagner: [RT @coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee
caipiranha81: RT @cwagner: [RT @coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee (via @twitgeridoo)
cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [via @coraxaroc]
twitgeridoo: RT @cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [via @coraxaroc]
caipiranha81: RT @cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [via @coraxaroc] (via @twitgeridoo)
Alternative
skipping "via" or "RT" altogether:
cwagner: [@coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee
twitgeridoo: RT @cwagner: [@coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee
caipiranha81: RT @cwagner: [@coraxaroc] Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee (via @twitgeridoo)
cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [@coraxaroc]
twitgeridoo: RT @cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [@coraxaroc]
caipiranha81: RT @cwagner: Hey, check this cool stuff: http://bit.ly/trgee [@coraxaroc] (via @twitgeridoo)
Dis- and Advantages
Keeping "RT" or "via" helps this being unambiguous and allows for easier adoption due to the similarity to the syntax used now. Removing "RT" or "via" saves 3 signs but might confuse users especially in the beginning and makes it a bit harder on clients to scan the tweet for the need of RT-OAI
Comments (4)
Stowe Boyd said
at 9:00 am on Jun 30, 2009
I think the examples could be tweaked with conetnt other than 'Hey there!' to better indicate what is intended.
CWagner said
at 10:33 am on Jun 30, 2009
Don't know if I misunderstood you but did some changes:)
Stowe Boyd said
at 12:01 pm on Jun 30, 2009
Yes, I guess I was unclear. What I mean was to demonstrate the use of the brackets in a more natural series of posts, especially trying to make the case of how the brackets decrease confusion. I didn't mean you should substitute the 'Hey there!' with 'Hey, check out this cool stuff:' everywhere.
I'd like to see how this helps (if it does) with people adding their own comments as the RT.
CWagner said
at 12:12 pm on Jun 30, 2009
There is a different proposal for that. This is only for the purpose of identifying the original author. Hence the name "Original Author Identification"
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