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Replied to a post on github.com :

Loqi barfs up useless retweet title in IRC · Issue #14 · kylewm/KnownReactions https://github.com/kylewm/KnownReactions/issues/14

Last night I'd retweeted something that made total sense to me and looks reasonable when viewed directly on my site http://stream.boffosocko.com/2016/repost-of-kevin-markss-tweet-1e9b300e28, but it may be problematic

I imagine that I could do a better job giving a "description" of the tweet rather than relying on the default presented, which would also help in creating a more descriptive URL as well.

The bigger issue is that Loqi (and presumably other sources like feed readers) punt it when reposting from http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/2016-06-15/line/1466059495504 based on cweiske's reaction following it. I'd view it as a bigger issue for Loqi, but in some part it's a UX issue that those using KnownReactions should be aware of.

Maybe using the UI phrase "title" instead of "description" may be more apt and would prompt people to do better than the default.

Alternately, and because the functionally is generally used for Retweets, which are such short pieces of content, I look at the reposted content in the "body" as the technical "title" which may also be more useful as the permalink/URL as well.