social networking
noun
: the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Twitter started its journey as a social networking site where users could post 140-character short posts called tweets. 
Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 According to the news release, Cantu met with Marc Anthony Ramirez on July 15, 2019, after the two had met on the social networking site Mocospace. Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Aug. 2022 Nurses are advised to follow six principles for social networking. Elliot Lewis, NBC News, 15 July 2022 The abundant online photos that are the legacy of years of social networking and a handful of services that provide easy access to face recognition algorithms allow some startling feats of armchair analysis. Tom Simonite, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 Each additional hour of social networking, texting and watching or streaming television shows or movies was also significantly associated with binge-eating disorder. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021 The research on the Like button was an example of how Facebook has questioned the bedrock features of social networking. New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021 But Raya, which has grown consistently in the past six years, is perhaps the most successful experiment yet in the search for safer, gentler, more private forms of social networking. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021 Senior Fah’sha Goffe suggested that one part of either a class or after-school group should be The Social Dilemma, a 2020 docudrama about the risks of social networking. Don Stacom, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021 See More
Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 According to the news release, Cantu met with Marc Anthony Ramirez on July 15, 2019, after the two had met on the social networking site Mocospace. Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Aug. 2022 Nurses are advised to follow six principles for social networking. Elliot Lewis, NBC News, 15 July 2022 The abundant online photos that are the legacy of years of social networking and a handful of services that provide easy access to face recognition algorithms allow some startling feats of armchair analysis. Tom Simonite, Wired, 10 Mar. 2022 Each additional hour of social networking, texting and watching or streaming television shows or movies was also significantly associated with binge-eating disorder. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021 The research on the Like button was an example of how Facebook has questioned the bedrock features of social networking. New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021 But Raya, which has grown consistently in the past six years, is perhaps the most successful experiment yet in the search for safer, gentler, more private forms of social networking. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021 Senior Fah’sha Goffe suggested that one part of either a class or after-school group should be The Social Dilemma, a 2020 docudrama about the risks of social networking. Don Stacom, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1998, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
social networking
noun
social net·work·ing -ˈnet-ˌwər-kiŋ 
: the activity of creating and maintaining personal and business relationships especially online