Tweetdeck Adds List Management, Activities & Editable Retweets

Tweetdeck will be looking a lot more like the web version of Twitter soon.  Many of the newest web features: lists, activity, interactions have made there way onto the newest Tweetdeck update, version 1.3.  In addition, some upgrades like the call back to the ‘RT’ method of retweeting others and new media improvements should keep users […]

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Tweetdeck will be looking a lot more like the web version of Twitter soon.  Many of the newest web features: lists, activity, interactions have made there way onto the newest Tweetdeck update, version 1.3.  In addition, some upgrades like the call back to the ‘RT’ method of retweeting others and new media improvements should keep users satisfied.  Here is a breakdown of the newest components to the most popular desktop Twitter platform:

List Management

Now you can mange your lists directly in the Tweetdeck application.  Users can be added from the profile view or a  a search:

List Management

Along with simply displaying lists in a column, lists are now able to be edited easily within the program.  Simply click on the “Lists” button in the upper right in order to edit any given list.

Interactions & Activity

Almost a year ago, Twitter announced the addition of Interactions & Activity which added in more than just 140 character updates giving the site a more “Facebook-y” feel.  Now this functionality works on Tweetdeck.  From the interactions column, users can see all follows, retweets, mentions, and favorited tweets.

The activity column in Tweetdeck still acts similarly to the Facebook ticker.  Items displayed are new follows of your friends, list additions and tweets favoriated:

Actvity

To add any of these new features simply click on the add column button and choose from the various icons.

Media

Now media will be displayed in-line, directly in your stream.  When clicked, the thumbnail/link will become enlarged, much like previous versions.

Media

If this is too much of a change for you, don’t worry, inline media  can be turned off quickly in the settings.

Edit & Retweet

The change that most users have been waiting for is finally here.  Version 1.3 give users back the ability to retweet content by simply using the “RT” syntax and editing the rest of the tweet.  This the old version that wrapped the tweet in quotes.  However, if you would still like to do a true retweet instead of an “RT” – you still have that option:

Edit RT

 

Looking for the new update?  Windows users – simply close down Tweetdeck and the changed will be updated automatically.  Mac users – go to the Mac App Store click on Updates & choose the Tweetdeck app.  For more information see the official blog post or release video below:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idEBs_9PGUM[/youtube]


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Greg Finn
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Greg Finn is the Director of Marketing for Cypress North, a company that provides world-class social media and search marketing services and web & application development. He has been in the Internet marketing industry for 10+ years and specializes in Digital Marketing. You can also find Greg on Twitter (@gregfinn) or LinkedIn.

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