Twitter now lets users retweet themselves, a feature that forms part of its plans to revamp the platform, as outlined in May.
The self-retweet option was rolled out this week. Previously, users were only able to retweet others. They now have the option to retweet something they said years ago, or add more context to a previous tweet (which will be quoted below).
Yesterday, the social network tweeted: "Now you can easily retweet or quote tweet yourself with just a few taps. Pick an old favourite and give it a try!"
It then retweeted its status from 2009: "What did the general say when he found out his army was going to lose the war? Retweet! (feature now available to all users)."
The Internet collectively giggled, not at the word-play, but rather the self-indulgent tendencies they predict the feature will enable.
One user, Chibuzo Akobundu, tweeted: "Twitter adding to the narcissist society by allowing [you] to retweet yourself..."
Dean Oelschig ?said on the platform: "If Instagram selfies and humble brags weren't enough to tell us you're a narcissist, now you can retweet yourself to make it really obvious."
Another user, Manny, tweeted: "Now that there's self-retweet, you guys don't have to comment on old tweets that no one wanted to like or retweet in the first place!"
However, there were some people in favour, who pointed out the positives.
Twitter user, Ethan, said: "First Twitter let us pin a tweet and now we can retweet our own tweets. Twitter promotes self-love heavy. I dig it."
Another user called Ortvatistadon said self-retweets would be useful when he wanted to say "I told you so", to give context to something he tweeted previously and to promote his brand.
Other updates in the revamp, that have not all been rolled yet, include simplifying what items count towards its 140-character limit, with user handles and media attachments no longer taking up 'space', allowing for longer tweets.
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