Reposts vs Retweets - What's the difference?
reposts | retweets |
(repost)
To post again.
(basketball) To post up again: To reset yourself at the post.
* {{quote-news, 2007, January 1, Howard Beck, Knicks Have a Hard Time Dealing With Rejection, New York Times
, passage=He's starting to learn that when the trap comes to kick it out right away and repost . }}
The act of posting again; the material thus posted.
(retweet)
(Internet, transitive, neologism) To repost or forward another user's message on the social networking website .
* 2009 , Geert Conard, Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy
(internet, neologism) A message reposted or forwarded in this way.
* 2011 , Dave Wooldridge, Michael Schneider, The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development (page 339)
* 2013 , Daxton Stewart, Social Media and the Law (page 42)
As verbs the difference between reposts and retweets
is that reposts is (repost) while retweets is (retweet).reposts
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* *repost
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(en verb)- Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.
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Noun
(en noun)- This newsgroup mostly seems to consist of reposts of the FAQ. Doesn't anyone talk?
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* * * * * * *retweets
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*retweet
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(en verb)- Because your messages will be relevant to them, they are much more likely to retweet your messages and recommend that other people follow you on Twitter.
Noun
(en noun)- You know it's an iPhone or iPad app, but those new to you, who came via a retweet or Twitter search, may not know which platform your app supports.
- According to Stewart's analysis, current case law makes it unlikely a retweeter would be held liable for a defamatory retweet
