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There’s a fifth but the title is too cliché in my head. More brainstorming in the coming days so be ready!

A “retweet” for those uninitiated is when a person literally quotes someone else’s tweet (or post). Several of Twitter’s most popular people garner attention by simply retweeting what others say or what their sources link to. So in effect, they become popular simply because they repeat the same thing over and over again.

There is a right way and a wrong way in my opinion to retweet, and this goes back to the definition of a retweet itself. If I see someone asking for a retweet to promote a podcast episode, a blog post etc, I write it like this, “RT @whatshisface’this is a retweetable message’.” Notice, I give credit to the person who says the statement and all is well. But more often than not, I see this popping up, “RT @astralaudio: RT @whatshisface ‘This is a tweetable message’.” If this were an everyday scenario, the example would be, “Well I heard from @astralaudio who heard it from @whatshisface.” Our quote has instantly turned into the internet version of gossip.

Personally, when I see a retweet of a retweet of a retweet, it is annoying and reminds me of this video.

If you were to encounter that kind of behavior at your job, with your friends, or at school (for those of you in academia), you would more than likely disassociate yourself from that person. To save yourself from joining the growing number of double, triple, multiple retweeting crowd, please only quote the original source whenever possible. No, you may not be a journalist, but the same ethical consideration should apply.

That is my serving of food for thought. What’s yours?

Things that must be considered include: Accessibility (The easier to navigate and read, the better off for everyone), atmosphere (my associate producer and I are leaning toward something that has dark undertones with an artistic flare), genre specific (we give you music and audio drama elements of horror/scifi/fantasy so something that would make the old Hot Topic look tame compared to us), professional (while not a business per say, we do want to give off a vibe that denotes our dedication to you the listeners), involvement (make it easier for you to subscribe and spread the word about us since we believe in the “tell ten” philosophy), and if possible, volunteer created if a theme doesn’t currently exist. This last point is because it echos the free-flowing way we have come together; a bunch of audio drama enthusiasts who enjoy to entertain you. As always, such credit to the creator would be provided and given a prominent place on the website to showcase his or her other noted accomplishments in the designing field. I’m sure there is more, and if I forgot anything, my associate producer will mention it in the comments. Don’t hesitate to ask questions and bounce around ideas.