Facebook’s Version of the Retweet Has Arrived

Courtesy Mashable!  Sat, 01/16/2010 - 00:07

We’ve long speculated as to when Facebook might get its own version of Twitter’s retweet , and it appears that the time is now.

This evening, the site rolled out a “via” feature that lets you repost another user’s shared items, with a “via” link attached for attribution.

It appears the feature is live for everyone. To try it, just go to a friend’s posted item in your news feed, click “share,” and you’ll...


 

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