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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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook Workplace launched in 2016 as a business communication tool that looked like the company’s social network but was designed for enterprise customers to connect their employees.
—Lola Murti, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Over the weekend, a new social network called Moltbook—modeled after Reddit, and designed to be used by AI agents—exploded in popularity, prompting hype and panic online.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.
—Wendy Nelson Espeland, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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Lola Murti, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Over the weekend, a new social network called Moltbook—modeled after Reddit, and designed to be used by AI agents—exploded in popularity, prompting hype and panic online.
—Tharin Pillay, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.
—Wendy Nelson Espeland, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Social network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20network. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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