social media
Digital sharing platforms
Social media refers to websites and applications where users create and share content or participate in social networking.
The term encompasses platforms for posting text, images, and video, connecting with others, and following public figures or organizations: I saw it on social media, She built her business through social media.
The singular form is increasingly common even when referring to multiple platforms.
Currently gaining widespread attention
- viralSpreading quickly online
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- memeShared online humor
- challengeTest of ability
hashtag · buzz · sensation · hype · shareability · feed · boost · amplify
Vertical structural beam
meme · video · photo · status · caption · hashtag · filter · carousel
Comparable to, or enjoy
- commentBrief stated opinion
- sharePortion given out
- followGo behind another
- subscribeCommit to regular receipt
retweet · repost · tag · mention · react · swipe · scroll · block
Compulsive consumption of negative news
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- botAutomated software agent
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
finsta · burner · shadowban · deplatform · clickbait · misinformation · parasocial · stan
A joining or relation
- followerOne who supports another
- mutualShared between parties
- dmMetric length unit
- groupAssembled collection of things
community · handle · profile · bio · professional · outreach · collaboration · tagging
One who produces something
- bloggerWeb journal author
- vloggerSomeone posting video journals
- followerOne who supports another
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
sponsor · endorsement · partnership · monetization · verified · niche · collab · affiliate
trending
Currently gaining widespread attention
challenge · hashtag · buzz · sensation · hype · shareability · feed · boost · amplify · blowup
post
Vertical structural beam
tweet · meme · video · photo · status · caption · hashtag · filter · carousel · thread
like
Comparable to, or enjoy
subscribe · retweet · repost · tag · mention · react · swipe · scroll · block · mute
doom-scrolling
Compulsive consumption of negative news
catfish · finsta · burner · shadowban · deplatform · clickbait · misinformation · parasocial · stan · simp
connection
A joining or relation
group · community · handle · profile · bio · professional · outreach · collaboration · tagging · circle
creator
One who produces something
subscriber · sponsor · endorsement · partnership · monetization · verified · niche · collab · affiliate · ambassador
Series of high-pitched calls
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- communication methodsphone line, radio, telephone, television, text
- Digital Ageapp, blog, emoji, hashtag, meme
- digital culturememes, hashtags, viral content, influencers, trolling
- digital societyinternet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives, digital literacy
- digital technologyinternet, software, streaming, computers, CGI
social mediaphysical presence
Being somewhere in body
meatspace · snail mail · telephone call · verbal communication · handwritten letters
social mediabroadcast media
Transmitted mass communication channels
mainstream media · print journalism · newspapers · television news · legacy media
social mediaprivate correspondence
Confidential written communication
personal diary · confidential communication · sealed letters
social, society, associate, media, association, sociable, associated, antisocial, socialize