One piece of early Twitter etiquette that would be a good addition to the culture here is the use of “h/t” acknowledgements.
H/t means “hat tip” and is a way of giving credit to the account where you first saw the content you’re promoting.
It’s a great network building tool and feels good as well.
H/t means “hat tip” and is a way of giving credit to the account where you first saw the content you’re promoting.
It’s a great network building tool and feels good as well.
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instead of quoting the quoter? (this is confusing to ask, i hope the answer is easier)
You would post the hashtag and tag a couple of accounts you appreciated and—importantly—also say why you valued the person or their content.
Kind of like mini-starter packs but as an ongoing way of network building and expressing mutual respect.
The above suggestions could augment those efforts and are part of how Twitter became so valuable before influencer culture took over.
There’s no need to h/t if you’re quote-posting content that came directly to your feed from that person.
But when you’re seeing good content in your feed from someone via their direct reposts, you can include an h/t when you quote-post that content to acknowledge their curation.
Over time, the culture shifted and became one of “influencing.” Platforms became places used almost solely for self-promotion.
Positive self-promotion should be encouraged, but we also need to rebuild networks.
People who are talented at curation are a critical part of social media network infrastructure.
They’re the people who help bring together the disparate strands of the networks into more cohesive wholes.
Thanks for the reminder
But if the post made it to your feed via another account, you’d h/t and then tag that account in your quote-post comment.