NIP-18 - Reposts
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Reposts
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A repost is a kind 6 event that is used to signal to followers
that a kind 1 text note is worth reading.
The content of a repost event is the stringified JSON of the reposted note. It MAY also be empty, but that is not recommended.
The repost event MUST include an e tag with the id of the note that is
being reposted. That tag MUST include a relay URL as its third entry
to indicate where it can be fetched.
The repost SHOULD include a p tag with the pubkey of the event being
reposted.
Quote Reposts
Quote reposts are kind 1 events with an embedded q tag of the note being
quote reposted. The q tag ensures quote reposts are not pulled and included
as replies in threads. It also allows you to easily pull and count all of the
quotes for a post.
q tags should follow the same conventions as NIP 10 e tags, with the exception
of the mark argument.
["q", <event-id>, <relay-url>, <pubkey>]
Quote reposts MUST include the NIP-21 nevent, note, or naddr of the
event in the content.
Generic Reposts
Since kind 6 reposts are reserved for kind 1 contents, we use kind 16
as a "generic repost", that can include any kind of event inside other than
kind 1.
kind 16 reposts SHOULD contain a k tag with the stringified kind number
of the reposted event as its value.