This post is about Twitter.  I'm  just letting you know so you can stop reading. in case you aren't on Twitter or were looking for some other type of information.

First of all, here's a question: do you expect a thank you or other acknowledgement when you re-tweet something? I would like to know for sure (so would appreciate your thoughts--share them in the comments) but my gut tells me most people appreciate a thank you but don't expect it or need it.

And yet, there's been an explosion (or at least it seems so to me) in automated 'thanks for your interaction' tweets. You've probably seen the ones I mean:
<blockquote><span data-reactid=".0">My best RTs this week came from: @xxx  @xxx <a class="_quickSearchPopup hash" title="thankSAll" href="https://hootsuite.com/dashboard#">#thankSAll</a> Who were yours? <a href="https://t.co/sog7FmAmWy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sumall.com/thankyou</a></span>

or

<span data-reactid=".0">Thanks to my top interactors!
@xxxx @xxxx
<a class="_quickSearchPopup hash" title="tweetjukebox" href="https://hootsuite.com/dashboard#">#tweetjukebox</a></span></blockquote>
I see why some people would think this is a good idea. Perhaps they were raised by parents who insisted that you must write a thank you note whenever you get a gift. Or perhaps, they think any interaction, even automated interaction, is better than no interaction.

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