I still don't get how to use this feature.

8:12 am
August 3, 2010




After months of speculation, Facebook has finally introduced a way for its users to share live feed posts from friends and family similar to the retweet feature on Twitter.
To use the Facebook retweet feature, Via, locate a post on your Facebook live feed and click the "Share" link.


133 PM
August 2, 2010

http://im.about.com/od/resources/ss/retweet-via-facebook.htm


http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/facebook-via/




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 see a “via [your friend’s name]” (with an option to remove it). Once shared, the item will appear on your profile, with a via link that points to your friend’s profile. Your friends will also see the item in their News Feeds, creating the viral loop that is the Twitter retweet.

Currently, the feature only works for posted links – you can’t “via” someone else’s status update or photo. Nonetheless, given the most visible use of retweets on Twitter is links, with aggregators like Tweetmeme tracking which stories get retweeted the most, it’s a big move for Facebook that makes its service even more Twitter-like.


 

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