Twitter today finally announced the arrival of the Tweet Button. The button works pretty much as you would expect. Similar to Facebook’s ‘Like’ button, the Tweet Button allows users to tweet the content of a page. The tweet is pre-populated with a link back to the original piece of content.
It’s pretty simple, pretty cool.
And, yes, the idea behind this button is nothing new. There’s a million third-party applications that allow for users to tweet content. Yet Twitter takes it one step further.
The coolest feature associated with the Tweet Button is the suggestion of who to follow. Implementation of the Tweet Button allows sites to recommend people the user may want to follow. For example, say I incorporate the Tweet Button at the bottom of a University press release. If a user tweets out the release, the Tweet Button would suggest the user follow the main University Twitter account, or the account associated with the content.
It’s all pretty sweet.
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