A repost is just sharing awesome material that other Redditors haven't seen yet. It can be one of the highest forms of respect for the original artist.

It's only respectful if it's identified as a repost and attribution is made to the original poster. Without that, it's just plagiarism.

And downvotes for reposts are just to show the "artist" that everyone who has seen it already and the content is stale, no need to repost it anymore.

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