Reposts Function as Public Likes on Social Platforms
Two X posts distilled a familiar social-media rule into one blunt line.
Entities: Nikita Bier
In a post on X, Nikita Bier summed up a common bit of platform behavior in five words: "A repost is a public like." The line drew thousands of likes and more than a thousand reposts. About an hour later, Jack Dorsey replied, "@nikitabier always has been," turning the post into a compact argument about what reposts can signal on social platforms: not just that someone saw a post, but that they are willing to attach their name to it in public.
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Reposts Function as Public Likes on Social Platforms
Two X posts distilled a familiar social-media rule into one blunt line.
Entities: Nikita Bier
In a post on X, Nikita Bier summed up a common bit of platform behavior in five words: "A repost is a public like." The line drew thousands of likes and more than a thousand reposts. About an hour later, Jack Dorsey replied, "@nikitabier always has been," turning the post into a compact argument about what reposts can signal on social platforms: not just that someone saw a post, but that they are willing to attach their name to it in public.
A repost is a public like.
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2 postsA repost is a public like.
@nikitabier always has been