retweet_frequency

The percent frequency of the last 20 TSN Tweets that were Retweets.

Certain twam accounts have been observed to Retweet spam-like Tweets from other (spammy) accounts in high volumes, sometimes *only* Retweeting spam and not posting a single regular Tweet.

Retweets are also posted by twam in an attempt to appear like a regular user and not automated software behind the account in question; Retweeting 'interesting' Tweets from legitimate Twitter accounts, as one might perform with good intentions.

The below output pertains to a TSN who has a 30% Retweet frequency:

<retweet_frequency> 
		<date>1267220564</date> 
		<exec_time>68</exec_time> 
		<raw_data> 
			<tweets>20</tweets> 
			<retweets>6</retweets> 
			<percent>30</percent> 
		</raw_data> 
		<result>2</result> 
	</retweet_frequency> 

none

Retweets on Twitter are not necessarily a bad thing, and thru the use of Retweeting, relevant or important news and information is often pushed thru the Twitterverse.

Thus, a TSN that has a high Retweet percent frequency should not necessarily be deemed as twam, especially if the Retweets might be timely and are found to be useful source of information by many others.