Twitter’s retweet inventor says idea was ‘loaded weapon’

By 2019-07-25Science & Tech
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The man who came up with Twitter’s retweet button has likened it to “handing a four-year-old a loaded weapon”, in an interview with BuzzFeed.

Developer Chris Wetherell said no-one at Twitter had anticipated how it would alter the way people used the platform.

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