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Twitter will now show exact retweet count

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 17 Jun 2012 2:26 User comments (2)

Twitter will now show exact retweet count Until recently, popular Twitter users were stuck with not seeing how many people retweeted or favorited their posts.
The posts would simply state "50+" if you got over 50 retweets or favorites, but now the site will show the exact count, even for past posts.

As one can imagine, Justin Bieber has a few posts with shockingly high amounts of retweets, including one where all he said was "New York City. #BELIEVE." That post saw 22,276 retweets.

A more important tweet, from Bill Gates promoting polio awareness, saw 1,178 retweets and 119 favorites. (Via Crunch).

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2 user comments

117.6.2012 14:58

Why can't Facebook come out with updates that make everyone happy?

217.6.2012 18:23

Originally posted by Morreale:
Why can't Facebook come out with updates that make everyone happy?
because its facebook?

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