ghost posting

Gen Z#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
Haven't found the match yet.
Millennial
Haven't found the match yet.
Gen X
Haven't found the match yet.
Boomer
Haven't found the match 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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