What Does This Mean?
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The act of resharing or amplifying someone else's post specifically to help it reach a larger audience, framed as a deliberate act of support rather than casual sharing.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Signal boost, this person is looking for help finding emergency housing."
LORE & ORIGIN
Grew out of Tumblr and Twitter activist and mutual-aid culture in the early 2010s, borrowing the radio engineering metaphor of amplifying a weak signal to describe intentionally spreading someone else's message further.
FIRST SEEN
2011
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Reblog
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2011
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