cross-posting

American

[kraws-poh-sting, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌpoʊ stɪŋ, ˈkrɒs- /

Or crossposting

noun

Digital Technology.

the act of posting the same message to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time.

Etymology

Origin of cross-posting

First recorded in 1990–95

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cross-posting

You could cover your bases, cross-posting on Bluesky and Mastodon, Reddit and Threads.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

Twitter said it would allow cross-posting from any social media platform but it would not permit the free promotion of other services on Twitter.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

People who regularly write about their field of work on Twitter, which is text-focused, could consider cross-posting on LinkedIn, the professional networking site owned by Microsoft, or on Mastodon.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

Reels launched in August 2020, and Instagram has aggressively pushed forward with them, giving them a central spot in the app’s navigation, starting to sell ads, and cross-posting them into Facebook’s News Feed.

From The Verge ● Oct. 5, 2021

All those readers, growing month by month, Linking and cross-posting, knowing so much more than she did; they had always frightened and exhilarated her.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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