Spanishization of the English term «to post» (it can be translated as: send, publish, send). Posting is the action of sending a message to a newsgroup, discussion forum, as a comment on a website or a blog, to a post on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, etc.
When we write a comment and send it to an internet forum, what we are doing is «posting a message».
When we post something on Facebook or Instagram, it can also be called «posting», although it is more usual to speak of «posting on Facebook», or posting on any other social network.
A specific message is called a «post» or «posteo» (message, article). For example, «I want you to delete that post/post.»
Many authorities suggest avoiding this verb and its noun since in Spanish we have «publish» and «publication», respectively.
Sending private messages through social networks (such as Facebook Messenger) is not posting.
In the case of Twitter they have their own verb: tweet (tweet). But it’s the same as posting, only on Twitter.
Components of a post
Depending on the system where we publish the message, the post requires the completion of certain mandatory or optional fields.
A post must or can include:
– Subject or title
– Message body: text and other elements supported by the system such as html, icons, etc.
– Attached files
– Username. Although many systems allow anonymous messages.
– Signature: a text common to all posts.
– Date and time: it is usually automatic and corresponds to the date and time it is published.
– Scope: totally public or limited to certain people.
– Other relevant information that the system allows: for example, giving a geographical location to the post.
Repost: post as a response to another post
Not always posting implies a completely new publication. When replying to a message in e-mail, Internet or Usenet forums, or other message systems, the original post can be included, or «quoted,» in a variety of different posting styles. Greater than symbols are often used, especially in emails and forum posts: >
For example, an exchange of several messages in a public forum might look like this:
>>> How are you Maria? do we videoconference today? –Juan
>>
>> I’m fine. Okay. –Maria
>
> It seems to you that we connect to Skype at around 10 pm. –Juan
Well, it seems perfect to me. –Maria
The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline reply, where different parts of the reply follow the relevant parts of the original message), posting at the bottom (where the reply follows the quote), or the send at the top (where the response precedes the quoted original message). For each of those options, there is also the question of whether trimming the original text is allowed, required, or preferred.
For a long time the traditional style was to post the answer after as much of the quoted original as was necessary to understand the answer (at the bottom or inline). Many years later, when e-mail became widespread in business communication, it became standard practice to reply above all of the original and leave it (supposedly untouched) below the reply.
Although each online community differs as to what styles are appropriate or acceptable, within some communities using the «wrong» method runs the risk of being seen as a violation of netiquette (see: netiquette), and can provoke a backlash. vehement by the regulars of the community.
Crossposting or cross shipping
Crossposting is the act of publishing the same message in multiple information channels; forums, mailing lists or newsgroups. This is different from multiposting, which is the posting of separate identical messages, individually, to each channel (a forum, a newsgroup, an email list, or a topic area).
Its purpose is to get the message or post to the maximum number of people to the detriment of segmenting its target audience.
Crossposting is often prohibited by the channel’s rules, so the user can be banned from it.
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