The term "Reblog" has a meaning. People are associating that meaning with what it is on other sites. What you're trying to do on DW by using "reblog" to mean "link" is causing confusion and upset with users who have seen how reblogging works on tumblr and don't like it.
There is a lot of confusion re terminology here. People are using "reblogging" and "reposting" very differently, sometimes in the same comments. From what I can tell, reblogging is blogging the ENTIRE post, no edits. Reposting is just taking the content in a post and reposting it as your own -- which drives a lot of artists on Tumblr absolutely nuts, because their art gets passed around without any credit and ripped off.
But, unfortunately, the way "reblogging" was defined here, it seemed a lot more like "reposting" on Tumblr.
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Date: 2019-01-09 03:00 am (UTC)There is a lot of confusion re terminology here. People are using "reblogging" and "reposting" very differently, sometimes in the same comments. From what I can tell, reblogging is blogging the ENTIRE post, no edits. Reposting is just taking the content in a post and reposting it as your own -- which drives a lot of artists on Tumblr absolutely nuts, because their art gets passed around without any credit and ripped off.
But, unfortunately, the way "reblogging" was defined here, it seemed a lot more like "reposting" on Tumblr.