Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works?

Twitter is reportedly testing new “Like” or “Star” options in place of “Favorite” for tweets. Select users have seen the new icons in place of the traditional Favorite button. Both “Like” and “Star” appear to use the traditional star icon in the top right corner of a tweet to indicate it’s been... well, Liked, Starred, or Favorited. Mike Isaac at AllThingsD shared some interesting insight into the Favorite feature. Apparently Twitter toyed with the idea of calling it “Thanks,” before settling on the Favorite to which we’ve become accustomed. He says they always meant to get around to testing out new names for the feature and it seems that time has come. Favoriting tweets shares with others that a user has indicated a preference for that particular tweet, in addition to storing them in a user’s Favorites list. Whatever you call it, favoriting a tweet is the equivalent of Li...

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@toymachinesh » 10 Nov '12, 3pm
@dragoninforcer [link]
@SgrouplesMama » 06 Nov '12, 2pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for a new Lightweight word by @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch
@DREAMER_MORIN » 02 Nov '12, 2pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? - [link] #sm
@jeffturner » 29 Oct '12, 8pm
Engagement? "The lighter weight & more frictionless you make it to engage, the more engagement you'll get" [link]
@jeffturner » 29 Oct '12, 8pm
@tcar here you go: [link]
@MarketGuru » 29 Oct '12, 4am
RT @SMBusinessBoost: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@RealandRelevant » 26 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @faridamehreen: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@UNIT4Social » 26 Oct '12, 9am
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works [link] ^VR
@unsereagentur » 26 Oct '12, 8am
RT @bjoerntantau: Twitter testet Like Button für Tweets [link]
@AUGUSTOCHDM » 26 Oct '12, 7am
RT @manuelchao: Más cosas nuevas de twitter! Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@bjoerntantau » 26 Oct '12, 7am
Twitter testet Like Button für Tweets [link]
@manuelchao » 26 Oct '12, 7am
Más cosas nuevas de twitter! Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@sarkarn » 25 Oct '12, 11pm
RT @SteadyRain: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@karissasparks » 25 Oct '12, 10pm
"Like" or "Star" makes more sense to me than "Favorite" - Bring it, Twitter! [link]
@mikecalimbas » 25 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @KaraSingh: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] #SEO #SEM
@SearchShots » 25 Oct '12, 9pm
Twitter testing "Like" and "Star" buttons! What do you think? [link] #twitternews #socialmedia
@SEW_social » 25 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @September_Maria Twitter tests 'like' & 'star' button to replace 'favourite'. I generally forget that button exists. [link]
@TodJohansson » 25 Oct '12, 4pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] #sewatch_social
@milyoni » 25 Oct '12, 4pm
@Twitter testing 'Like' and 'Star' buttons in place of Favorites.. Another source of ad revenue also? [link]
@dock29 » 25 Oct '12, 4pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] @dock29
@sewatch » 25 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @Ideosity: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? Do you ever #favorite? [link] via @sewatch
@Ideosity » 25 Oct '12, 4pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? Do you ever #favorite? [link] via @sewatch
@toinfinity » 25 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @lollowe: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@derekrsmith74 » 25 Oct '12, 3pm
RT @DannyNMIGoodwin: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] by @MirandaM_EComm @sewatch
@AllainaRae » 25 Oct '12, 3pm
@WalterWhite808 Yea the star still says favorite for me lol aren't u special [link]
@36laps » 25 Oct '12, 2pm
Twitter's tweaking it's faves: [link]
@saralnelson » 25 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @tentsocial: Are you ready to 'star' things on twitter? [link]
@tentsocial » 25 Oct '12, 2pm
Are you ready to 'star' things on twitter? [link]
@SJayatilleke » 25 Oct '12, 11am
RT @christomjones: #Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? by @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch
@September_Maria » 25 Oct '12, 8am
@sewatch Twitter tests 'like' & 'star' button to replace 'favourite'. I generally forget the 'favourite' button exists. [link]
@PopsharedSearch » 25 Oct '12, 8am
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? (Searchenginewatch - 250 retweets) [link]
@greenwellys » 25 Oct '12, 7am
Twitter to roll out "like" and "star" buttons? [link]
@RossDunn » 25 Oct '12, 7am
Great read: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@UntoppaTings » 25 Oct '12, 5am
RT @SIMPartners: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? - [link]
@vernondmello » 25 Oct '12, 3am
SEM Tip: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@peltc » 25 Oct '12, 3am
RT @SEOToolsTips: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? #seo #search [link]
@clickeric » 25 Oct '12, 2am
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] via @zite
@omarboulakjar » 25 Oct '12, 2am
RT @capturehits: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? - [link] #seo
@davidcheyne » 25 Oct '12, 1am
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? Twitter is testing a few seemingly inno [link]
@charohenriquez » 25 Oct '12, 1am
RT @LovesData: Do you 'like' the new Twitter 'like' and 'star' options? Thoughts? [link]
@LovesData » 25 Oct '12, 12am
Do you 'like' the new Twitter 'like' and 'star' options? Thoughts? [link]
@Fuzzagent » 25 Oct '12, 12am
#fb #facebook Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@XMarketplace » 25 Oct '12, 12am
#seo #ericschmidt Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@Fuzzagent » 25 Oct '12, 12am
#pagerank #seo Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]
@KatrinaChan » 24 Oct '12, 11pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? - [link] (H/T @JasonHellmann)
@sewatch » 24 Oct '12, 11pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link] cc @twitter
@hbarrettsays » 24 Oct '12, 11pm
Interesting “@joemescher: Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works? [link]”
@richbiztech » 24 Oct '12, 11pm
Twitter experimenting with new terminology - 'favourite' becomes 'like' or 'star' for a chosen few: [link] #twitter #SMM
@Davidvidu » 24 Oct '12, 10pm
Twitter Tests Like and Star Buttons for Tweets; Another Ad Play in the Works?: Twitter is testin... [link] #twitter #tweet
@Altraformadv » 24 Oct '12, 10pm
RT @VirtualMarketer: Twitter tests star and like buttons, Could a new #advertising model be in the works? [link]