microblogging

[ mahy-kroh-blaw-ging, ‑-blog-ing ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. the act or practice of posting brief entries on a blog or social media website:

   My parents thought my mania for microblogging would lead nowhere, but I just published a book based on my Twitter feed!

Word History and Origins

Origin of microblogging¹

microblog + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Twitter held sway for so long it’s scary to contemplate the actual end of the line for this form of microblogging.

From MIT Technology Review

In the past year, the microblogging platform has launched three new features that can help boost your bank account—if everything goes your way.

From Popular-Science

Few countries have followed the story as closely as China, where the topic has trended for multiple days on the microblogging site Weibo.

From Washington Post

The microblogging hostilities began in September 2011, after a Taliban attack on a foreign diplomat neighborhood in Kabul.

From The Daily Beast

A microblogging tool that cannot be censored, or compromised.

From The Daily Beast

Just seconds after the shaking began, the microblogging website Twitter lit up with reports and questions about it.

From The Daily Beast