August 13, 2010

By Luis Zaffirini

Yesterday, Twitter unveiled a new innovation in information-sharing it calls a "Tweet Button." The company says that it is "the easiest way to share your favorite content from the web on Twitter."

Regular users of Twitter will wonder how much easier it can be to share information, especially in light of the fact that services such as TweetMeme (which National Right to Life uses on "StopTheAbortionAgenda.com") make sharing pro-life news and information on Twitter so easy already. Trust me, it will make a difference.

Partnering with TweetMeme, Twitter's Tweet Button has stolen some of the thunder of other third-party developers by cutting out the middle-man and handing the power of information sharing directly to bloggers and web designers. Without leaving the page you are viewing, you are able to click, type, and share a pre-shortened URL. When you are finished the Twitter account of the website publisher will be suggested to you if you are not already following them. That is critically important.

It really is a cleaner, smarter way to share news and information for both the reader and for the writer. And the Internet is taking major notice. This tiny button has generated thousands of discussions on blogs all around the world.

Why is this is an important development for Twitter? Nearly a quarter of all tweets contain a link, and that link is typically shortened to accommodate the 140 character space constraint. It's also significant for sharing Right-to-Life information quickly and more efficiently while also automatically suggesting to users that they follow NRLC on Twitter (which is found at http://twitter.com/nrlc, by the way).

While we will be relying in TweetMeme for the next week or so, look for the new Tweet Button at the end of postings on StopTheAbortionAgenda.com soon.

As always, we encourage you to share the good information our team is producing daily with your pro-life friends and family and to get them in the habit of participating in social media as well. People are increasingly turning to the Internet and social networking sites for information on a broad range of topics, and ours is critical message that need to heard.

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