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

But this growth, while significant, will have to continue for a long time before Bluesky is able to mount a true challenge to its microblogging rival.

From BBC

In April 2019, a community hashtag for the popular gay keyword “les” disappeared from Weibo, an X-like microblogging platform.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe it seemed, once, that a spirited internal resistance could effectively limit Musk’s damage and preserve some of the prior spirit of the microblogging platform that writers, public agencies, and other creative types had come to depend upon.

From Slate

New microblogging platforms like Bluesky are trying to offer users control over the algorithm that displays content – and to revive the chronological timelines of old, in the belief that offers an experience which is less mediated.

From BBC

On Tuesday, there was heated discussion about the tensions on the X-like microblogging app Weibo.

From Los Angeles Times