this is incorrect. @maco @Annalee @polotek
go search for twitter.com/blogdiva in the years 2010-2011.
there were no RTs or QTs. we'd copy and paste, either whole or a line with the link
then 2011 happend. the Arab Springs and OWS changed everything.
i was the 3 or 4th (depending on the metrics) most RT account that year due to my livetweeting (video & text) and RT during down time.
jack realized people were losing metrics by RTing superusers like me.
hence the adoption of Oembed