'Names' are words we humans give to things and actions to distinguish from one another. But, here in the Fediverse, the act of re-sending another user's post...
In the #ActivityPub protocol, it's called 'Announce'.
In the #Mastodon web interface (and here in #snac too), it's called 'boost'.
In the Mastodon API, it's called 'reblog'.
Mastodon users say, informally, 'retoot'.
In the #Pleroma web interface (AFAIK), it's called 'repeat'.
Outside there, in other crappy social networks, Facebook names the action 'share' (IIRC), Twitter users names it 'retweet'. I don't know about others, but they probably use a different verb.
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