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# ghost posting

Gen Z[#internet](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/internet/)

**Meaning.** Posting a photo to Instagram, archiving it right away, and bringing it back days later, so it sits on your profile without landing in followers' feeds or collecting likes.

See it in a sentence

i don't post for real anymore, it's all ghost posting

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    ghost posting

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    posting a photo to Instagram, archiving it right away, and bringing it back days later, so it sits on your profile without landing in followers' feeds or collecting likes

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