»Twitter Has Returned The Original Way to Retweet After Quote Tweet Didn't Work The Way They Hoped 2-MIN READ Twitter Has Returned The Original Way to Retweet After Quote Tweet Didn't Work The Way They Hoped The microblogging platform said that they did not achieve the desired result from this process as very few users added their own thoughts and words to the quoted tweets. The change was first brought on in October ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. FOLLOW US ON: The good ol' retweet button is back on Twitter. The microblogging site, which had previously initiated the quote tweets which aimed to let people add their own words to the tweets they wish to retweet, was launched in October with an idea towards "encouraging everyone to consider why they are amplifying a Tweet, and brings more thoughts, reactions & perspectives to the conversation." But the platform said, that was not to be found.