social media post

Online status update

A social media post is a piece of content published to a platform like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter—text, images, video, or some combination.

Posts appear in feeds and can be liked, shared, or commented on.

The term covers everything from casual updates to carefully crafted marketing: Her post went viral overnight, I need to schedule some posts for the brand account.

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share · like · comment · comment section · hashtag · viral · going viral · feed · scroll · doom scrolling · selfie · influencer · followers · engagement · retweet · story · notification · algorithm

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privacy/visibility

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Confidential digital note

direct message · DM · journal entry · encrypted message · sealed letter

medium/channel

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Remote voice conversation

spoken word · snail mail · telegram · oral tradition

permanence/ephemerality

social media postfleeting thought

Brief, quickly forgotten idea

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G