If you're on X (formerly Twitter), you may know what a retweet is and how it works. A "manual" retweet, on the other hand, is a specific form of retweeting.

A manual retweet involves copying and pasting another user's tweet into the Compose new Tweet box, then typing "RT" (which stands for retweet) before the tweet text, followed by the X handle of the user who originally tweeted the tweet. A manual retweet is a friendly way to give someone credit for a great tweet that someone else reposts.

For example, a manual retweet might look like this:

Imagine the actual usernames of the users you retweet in the above scenarios, and that's it. The last example includes a comment before the manual retweet from the retweeter that responds and replies to the original tweet.