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Hard to sum up in a few words, but one scenario is quite noticeable: the most retweets come from a group sharing similar interests, they basically retweet just for the sake of making this interest into a trend.


Can you sum up in a lot of words :) ? Really, I think everyone would find it quite valuable.

By interested to the trend, do you mean specifically like creating a presence for a hashtag?


Maybe I'll do some sort of analysis later, also I'm working on another twitter app for the retweets specifically.

For now look at this tweet from God_Damn_Batman (7620 followers):

Invented a new drink called The Batman. Ask for vermouth, coffee liqueur & banana vodka, then crush the bartender's windpipe. So good...

It got 42 retweets in 1 hour 48 min, and I can be missing another 5-10.

It all boils down to how many of your followers think your tweet will be welcomed by their followers.




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