Using a Heuristic-Systematic Model to assess the Twitter user profile’s impact on disaster tweet credibility

•The profile information of Twitter users can be used as informational cues that reflect tweets' source credibility.•The number of followers as a reputation credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.•The affiliation length of a Twitter account as a cue for social presence increases the probability of quick retweeting.•The number of recent tweets as a recency credibility cue increases the probability of quick retweeting.