social networking
noun
: the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online
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In this photo illustration a man looks at the post by Taylor Swift endorsing Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris on the online social media and social networking site Instagram displayed on a smart phone on September 12, 2024 in Bath, England.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
Robinson’s Disqus page is also linked to the Black social networking site Black Planet.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
Use Case 2: Mobile apps, from banking to social networking, are increasingly central to daily life.
—Tina Gada, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The popular text-messaging service WhatsApp employed only 55 people when Facebook acquired it for $19 billion last year; Instagram, a photo-sharing social networking site, had only 13 employees when Facebook bought it for $1 billion in 2012.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
Robinson’s Disqus page is also linked to the Black social networking site Black Planet.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
Use Case 2: Mobile apps, from banking to social networking, are increasingly central to daily life.
—Tina Gada, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The popular text-messaging service WhatsApp employed only 55 people when Facebook acquired it for $19 billion last year; Instagram, a photo-sharing social networking site, had only 13 employees when Facebook bought it for $1 billion in 2012.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
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“Social networking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20networking. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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