Twitter ditched its stars in favor of hearts to “like” Tweets, and now, to get more people using Twitter, it is considering replacing its iconic “Retweet” button.

Twitter has confirmed to TechCrunch that the social network is performing a small scale test for some of its iOS users, changing the popular "retweet" icon into an new "share" button.

While a seemingly minor design change, Twitter users see the less visible Likes and Retweets as a way of suppressing what's come to be known as "The Ratio," which happens when an unpopular tweet ...

Twitter said it will no longer prompt quote tweets from the retweet icon. "Retweet functionality will be returning to the way it was before," the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

Twitter on Thursday launched a new feature in its iOS app for a small group of users. With this option, it’s now possible to retweet someone’s post and add your own video reaction using your ...

The increase in Quote Tweets was also offset by an overall 20% decrease in sharing through both Retweets and Quote Tweets. Considering this, we'll no longer prompt Quote Tweets from the Retweet icon.

The new “retweet with comment” feature was first spotted by Mashable, which noticed that Twitter’s head of product communications, Carolyn Penner, was testing this on her own timeline.

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Interesting people add commentary to the RT.” Regardless, it looks like Twitter’s so-called Project Retweet will probably be the de facto standard.

In 2009, Twitter added a dedicated button to re-share tweets, creating a viral rocket engine that has propelled the spread of social movements, trendy crazes and fake news campaigns ever since.