Sharing Buttons at Bottom of Each Post

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  patsyporco · Member · Jun 21, 2014 at 8:06 pm

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  Underneath a post are sharing buttons. If there’s a number next to one of the buttons (e.g., Facebook 34), does that mean that 34 readers shared your post on Facebook, or that 34 readers clicked on the post that you posted on Facebook? Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 21, 2014 at 8:12 pm

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  The likes your post receives when you share it on Facebook is separate from the likes it gets on the blog post itself. The number you see on your blog post icon indicates how many people actually clicked into your blog post and then shared it on Facebook.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 21, 2014 at 8:14 pm

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  Sorry I said “likes”above rather than “shares”.

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  patsyporco · Member · Jun 22, 2014 at 1:52 am

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  Thanks for the answer. What I don’t understand is I get a lot (for me, anyway) shares, but very few likes. But, thanks for straightening that out for me!