social network
noun
1
: a network of individuals (such as friends, acquaintances, and coworkers) connected by interpersonal relationships
2
: an online service or site through which people create and maintain interpersonal relationships
… scammers reaching out to victims over … social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn …—
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LinkedIn's revenue increased 11% year over year in the fourth quarter, as the business social network has added members and sought to generate more money from each of them.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
But a new category of technology platforms – known as SocialFi – aims to change that dynamic by integrating financial tools directly into social networks.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
Investors who spent decades funding consumer- and enterprise-tech companies have now made an obsessive turn toward weapons firms that operate like start-ups, founded by the type of entrepreneur who used to make Web browsers, social network platforms, or VR headsets.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
Victims are stripped of their social networks, of their means, of their access to resources like finances.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
But a new category of technology platforms – known as SocialFi – aims to change that dynamic by integrating financial tools directly into social networks.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026
Investors who spent decades funding consumer- and enterprise-tech companies have now made an obsessive turn toward weapons firms that operate like start-ups, founded by the type of entrepreneur who used to make Web browsers, social network platforms, or VR headsets.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
Victims are stripped of their social networks, of their means, of their access to resources like finances.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Social network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20network. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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