votes contribute to posters' and commenters' "karma" (Reddit's name for a user's overall rating).

X / Twitter

Alongside reposts (commonly known as retweets), X (formerly Twitter) users can like posts made on the service, indicated by a heart. Until November 2015, the equivalent of "liking a tweet" was "favoriting a tweet" and favorites were symbolized by a gold star (). However, that was changed to alleviate user confusion and put the function more in line with other social networks,

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