social networking site

British

noun

a website that allows subscribers to interact, typically by requesting that others add them to their visible list of contacts, by forming or joining sub-groups based around shared interests, or publishing content so that a specified group of subscribers can access it

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The career-focused social networking site, owned by Microsoft, quietly saw users around the world opted into their data being used to train its AI models.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

The research team recruited subjects for the study through Sermo, a social networking site for doctors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

The social networking site formerly known as Twitter is on fire—and you only get a hose if you pay up.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2023

The company's productivity segment, which includes its Office software and advertising sales for the LinkedIn social networking site, also beat analyst expectations with revenue of $17.5 billion versus estimates of $16.99 billion, according to Refinitiv.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

The movement was also dubbed the Twitter Revolution, because protesters used the social networking site to mobilize and communicate with each other.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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