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Twitter experimenting to replace its retweet button with a ‘share’ button


Twitter has been busy making Facebook-like changes today — adding multiple photo upload and tagging, and experimenting with a profile change on iOS — but it isn’t stopping there. Some users are reporting that the retweet button inside their iOS app has become a ‘share’ button — yes, the sacred retweet button!

CNBC’s Eli Langer first noticed tweets from users affected by the changes, who are seeing a undeniably Facebook-like experience when they try to retweet content.

The actual process of sharing a tweet remains unchanged, but those affected are being asked whether they want to ‘share’ or add comment and share. Here are two different designs users have shared:

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Extracted from http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2014/03/27/twitter-is-experimenting-with-replacing-its-sacred-retweet-button-with-a-share-button/?awesm=tnw.to_p3Jlf&utm_medium=Spreadus&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=social%20media#!BA

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