I’ve overshared about my mother in print. Let me briefly reshare. It’s complicated.2018 January 23, John Sutherland, “Oversharing has its perils, but telling all about my mother worked for me”, in The Guardian:
One participant, Kalae Nouveau, suffered more than others: her original and subsequent posts were deleted, resharing her posts was banned, and her account was shadow-banned, meaning its visibility was restricted.2020 October 19, Lacey-Jade Christie, “Instagram censored one of these photos but not the other. We must ask why”, in The Guardian:
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The emphasis on boosting “meaningful social interactions” between friends and family meant that the feed leant towards reshared material, which was often misinformed and toxic. “Misinformation, toxicity and violent content are inordinately prevalent among reshares,” said internal research.2021 October 25, Dan Milmo, “Facebook revelations: what is in cache of internal documents?”, in The Guardian:
The Multicultural voices: No Voice account also reshares content from Fair Australia and other accounts with which Daoud says there is a “common understanding”.2023 September 18, Rafqa Touma, Ariel Bogle and Nick Evershed, “No campaign spreads through TikTok ‘like wildfire’ as pro-voice creators struggle to cut through”, in The Guardian:
reshare
noun
Etymology From re- + share.
1
Internet The act of sharing previously shared material again, so as to reach a further group of users.
There are two types of reshares in Facebook: (a) link reshares and (b) content reshares.2014, Vijay Atluri, Günther Pernul, Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXVIII: 28th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference, DBSec 2014, Vienna, Austria, July 14-16, 2014, Proceedings, page 168:
The emphasis on boosting “meaningful social interactions” between friends and family meant that the feed leant towards reshared material, which was often misinformed and toxic. “Misinformation, toxicity and violent content are inordinately prevalent among reshares,” said internal research.2021 October 25, Dan Milmo, “Facebook revelations: what is in cache of internal documents?”, in The Guardian: