The spread of the Internet has led not only to the fact that information has become more accessible, but also to the emergence of many new words and expressions, which can be difficult to understand. For example, social networks have added the words "blog", "repost", "repost" to the active lexicon.
Blogs, posts and re-posts
The words "repost" and "repost" mean, in fact, the same thing, but to understand their meaning, you need to get acquainted with the concept of blogs. Blogs are online diaries, that is, special sites on which everyone can start their own page and upload photos, texts or videos.
A blog differs from a personal site in that other users can subscribe to updates and comment on each other's posts. The word "post" comes from the English to post, which means "to post", that is, to publish a new blog post. Eventually, all the posts became known as posts.
As a rule, the software capabilities of the site on which blogs are kept allow you to automatically copy the favorite posts of other users to your diary, with a link to the original source. Such copied posts are called reposts. The repost system is beneficial to both participants: both the author and the person who copied the original post.
It is necessary to distinguish between reposting and quoting. If a repost copies the entire post in its original design, then quoting involves embedding a whole other person's post or part of it in the author's text.
This adds popularity to the author, and this is the most valuable capital in blogs. As for the user who made the repost, he gets interesting content in his diary without spending time writing a post. Nowadays, many users do not make independent records at all, limiting themselves to numerous re-posts. Nevertheless, even such a "secondary" diary has its own readers.
Other social networks
In social networks such as Facebook, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and others, the main focus is not on the production of original content, but on communication. However, even here, on their pages, users regularly publish short posts, statuses, and interesting news. In addition, there are communities and groups that regularly add new content to match their themes.
The microblogging service Twitter, whose message size is limited to 140 characters, also provides the ability to repost, although here they are called "retweets".
If a user of a social network wants to share some news, a phrase or a picture from his news feed with his friends, then he can repost by simply clicking the corresponding button. As a result, all his subscribers will see this post with an active link to the source.
