How should I comment on someone else's tweet to make my comment visible to the original tweeter and other users looking at the original tweet replies and my own followers?
I've noticed that if I "retweet with comment" someone's tweet then my followers will see it, but it doesn't show up in the original tweet as a reply, and I don't think it shows up as a retweet.
If I reply to a tweet then it is only shown on the timeline of users that follow both me and the original tweeter.
If I link to the tweet then it is taken out of the original twitter thread.
Best Answer
You can retweet your own posts and replies. If you want to both reply to a thread so that your reply stays within the thread and make sure that your reply shows up on your followers' timelines, you can retweet your own reply after you've posted it so that it shows up.
So step 1: Write your reply. Step 2: Retweet your own reply. Step 3: Have it show up in your followers' timelines (although it will show up as "X retweeted...."). (Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit.)
As an aside, your regular replies will show up sometimes naturally in their timelines. The algorithm works in mysterious ways, but I will see replies sometimes from people I follow when sorting my Twitter feed by "latest" instead of "top Tweets".