Interesting, informal meta-analysis of the impact of the quote-tweet feature. One takeaway: its contribution to a hostile social media environment may be overstated when hashtags and replies already enable this. Regardless, the potentially disproportionate salience of negative QTs could still be a sign that their costs outweigh the benefits, despite increasing engagement. It's one reason we don't have a similar feature on Seabird!
Quote Tweeting: Over 30 Studies Dispel Some Myths - Absolutely Maybe
The first myth to dispense with: That there’s almost no research on quote tweets! I added to this misconception with my December…
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