Here’s an impressive Twitter feature you probably didn't know

I came across something interesting on Twitter recently. It was a video shared by one of the millions of Twitter users but the content didn't interest nearly as much as how the video was shared.

The user appears to have embedded someone else's video in the tweet, much like the way you click 'retweet' then 'quote retweet' to have the tweet embedded in your tweet. Here's where it gets interesting: instead of including the caption of the quoted users’ video, it only includes the video with the original user's name above it when expanded, therein making it look like you tweeted the video yourself. Still following?

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This feature actually enables users to share videos without worrying about crediting the source bringing forth an aspect of acknowledgement to the original author.

Having noticed this advantage, I wanted to try it out but it wasn't that easy as I came to find out.

Here’s what you want to do if you are running the iPhone operating system (IOS): Find the video you want to share on Twitter & long press it then click on 'Tweet video' and add your caption before the link that appears.

While that may be straightforward for IOS users, the case is not the same for Android users. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how this can be done on Android with no luck.

What you can opt for if you don't run IOS is by logging into your twitter account using the desktop version of Twitter and following the steps listed below;

• Find the video you wish to share
• Click on the ‘message’ icon below the video (initiate ‘direct message’)
• Type in the handle of any user you can DM & click at the bottom
• Then copy the URL link that appears at the end of the message. (It’ll normally start with pic.twitter.com/… or pscp.tv/… for live videos)
• Without sending the message, cancel the process and go back to the homepage
• Click on the Tweet icon and paste the URL you just copied.

• Add your caption before the link and hit Tweet! 

With the number of Android users exceeding that of IOS users, it's puzzling why Twitter would choose not to include this feature across all the operating systems. Or is it a case of exclusivity?