diff --git a/components/social/post-actions-footer.tsx b/components/social/post-actions-footer.tsx
index 0568cad6..62ade0ce 100644
--- a/components/social/post-actions-footer.tsx
+++ b/components/social/post-actions-footer.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ export function PostActionsFooter({ post }: { post: Post }) {
                     aria-hidden
                   />
                 ) : (
-                  <HiOutlinePaperAirplane className={ICON_CLASS+"-rotate-45"} />
+                  // -rotate-45 CCW takes the default east-pointing
+                  // airplane and tilts it toward the upper-right, which
+                  // reads more as "send / off it goes" than the
+                  // horizontal default.
+                  <HiOutlinePaperAirplane
+                    className={cn(ICON_CLASS, "-rotate-45")}
+                  />
                 )
               }
             />