social networking
noun
: the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online
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Overview Social news sites generally incorporate social networking features, such as the ability to create personal profiles, designate friends, follow others’ activities, and/or facilitate one-on-one interaction.
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Steve Paulussen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The company transformed social networking from a college-campus product into one of the dominant businesses of the internet age.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Microblogging and social networking platforms like Tumblr and MySpace became hotbeds for advice on disordered eating.
—Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
The Social Web Foundation in December kicked off an end-to-end encryption project for the ActivityPub standard, an open social networking protocol that Mastodon and even Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads support.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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Steve Paulussen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The company transformed social networking from a college-campus product into one of the dominant businesses of the internet age.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Microblogging and social networking platforms like Tumblr and MySpace became hotbeds for advice on disordered eating.
—Jordyn Tovey, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
The Social Web Foundation in December kicked off an end-to-end encryption project for the ActivityPub standard, an open social networking protocol that Mastodon and even Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads support.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for social networking
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“Social networking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20networking. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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