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What Does 'Reblog' Mean?

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Tumblr's core resharing mechanic, reposting someone else's post onto your own blog with the original attached, the specific platform feature that gave the entire ecosystem its distinctive chain-like content flow.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That post has been reblogged so many times the caption chain is longer than the original text."

LORE & ORIGIN

Built directly into Tumblr's platform architecture from its 2007 launch, becoming the site's defining content-distribution mechanic and the term of art the entire community's culture and vocabulary developed around.

FIRST SEEN
2007
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Living Interface Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Signal Boost

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