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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Which necessitates...waiting and additional confirmation. Twitter exists as an echo chamber; retweets aren't confirmation, they're parroting, and there's a crucial difference between the two.
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I don't think RTs confirm anything. People RT anything, including me, and nothing I tweet is of any value.
But if a news source tweets something you can look for backup almost instantly. And really the tweet by the news source often links to an article with more substance.