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social networking
noun
: the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online
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Mark Weinstein is a tech thought leader, privacy expert, and one of the inventors of social networking.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
But instead of giving up on social networking, Hoffman refined his approach.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
But the experience of social networking careened wildly off course.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
The use of mega-personas (dozens, hundreds, thousands) to populate your faked social networking service is an extension of these kinds of uses.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1998, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of social networking was
in 1998
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“Social networking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20networking. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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social networking
noun
: the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online
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